Ohio Farm to School

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FUN FACT: A single strawberry can have around 200 seeds!!!!🍓

❤️ What’s your favorite way to enjoy Ohio strawberries?

🍓🫐 Blend it up with Ohio Berries!

Fresh from farm to blender! What’s your favorite berry smoothie?
🍓 Strawberry
🫐 Blueberry
💜 Raspberry
🖤 Blackberry
Drop your favorite (or your go‑to combo!) in the comments ⬇️

🌱 Ready to grow something amazing in your classroom?

Join our FREE Growing Teachers Throughout the Seasons (GTS) Training on:
August 7th or September 25th

GTS brings the joy of gardening into the classroom with fun, hands on experiences that help children plant, grow, harvest, and taste their own food all year long.
Learn three simple growing methods:

🌿 Indoor seed starting with LED lights
🌿 Outdoor raised beds with season extension tools
🌿 Indoor hydroponic units for classroom growing

Participants will receive a guidebook to get started and access to 20 online learning modules to support year round success.

✨ Perfect for ECE providers, educators, and anyone ready to bring garden learning to life.

Register today❤️ go.osu.edu/gtstraining

GrowingTeachers

Are you ready for the Cucumber Crunch?

Have you found a local farmer in your county to bring fresh cucumbers to your program? 🌱

Now is the time to connect and plan for tastings, meals, and snacks that help children explore local food and where it comes from.

Support your local farmers. Build community connections. Get ready to crunch on July 9th and/or all month 💚

REGISTRATION link in bio 🔗

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce has launched the Farm to Summer Cucumber Crunch!

Join us July 9th and/or crunch along all month long!

Celebrate Farm to Summer with fresh, local cucumbers 🌱

🥒🥒You can find local cucumbers from Ohio farmers on the Ohio Proud website🥒🥒

Anyone can participate:
Summer Camps
Farmers Markets
Year-Round Schools
….simply serve cucumbers as a snack or meal and get kids excited about trying local foods!

✨ Register your event to receive FREE promotional stickers!🥒

Let’s keep kids nourished, learning, and connected to agriculture all summer long 💚

🔗 Link in bio to register🥒

🫐🍓 Berry Picking Fun!🫐🍓

Visit a local U‑Pick farm and fill your basket with fresh summer berries. A perfect family outing!

🫐🍓You can find Ohio U-Pick Farms on the Ohio Proud website.

June Feature: Ohio Berries! 🍓🫐
�Sweet, colorful, and grown close to home! Ohio berries are perfect for tasting, snacking, and learning where food comes from. Try them fresh, in yogurt, or in a smoothie! 🫐🍓

Ohio Farm to School joined the Celebration of Agriculture with the Smoothie Bike 🚲

We served up fun for 1,800+ students from central Ohio with other Ohio partners✨

Students pedaled for smoothies, learned different methods of planting, tasted local foods, and explored the Mid-Ohio Farm 🌱🍎

Hands-on learning at its best by connecting kids to food, farming, and health! 💚

Join us for this summer's Home Food Preservation webinar series, "Let's Preserve It!"
Tuesdays 12-12:30 p.m.
June 9: Methods of Preserving
June 23: Water Bath Canning Basics
July 7: Pressure Canning Basics
July 21: Freezing Basics
July 28: Drying Basics
Aug. 11: Making and Preserving Juice

Webinars are free, register required go.osu.edu/fpwebinars

We want to hear from YOU!

From tiny sprouts to harvest ready veggies, Farm to Early Care & Education (ECE) and Farm to School programs across Ohio are growing amazing things with young learners🌱

💬 Tell us: What have your students planted this season?
🍅 What’s thriving in your garden right now?
🥕 Any favorite crops or garden wins to celebrate?

Share in the comments! We love hearing how your gardens are growing!💚

Let’s inspire each other and celebrate hands-on learning, local foods, and growing healthy kids 🌱💚