Introduction and welcome to the Growing Minds' Farm to School Institute, November 10th 2012, UNC Asheville's Sherrill Center.

1. WELCOME to the ASAP Farm
to School Institute
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2. Get to know Growing
Minds
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3. Blue Cross Blue Shield
Foundation
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4. Biltmore
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5. NC Center for Health &
Wellness
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6. Mystery Tasting
Find an attendee that you don’t know, who has the
same fruit or vegetable as you on their nametag.
• Do you remember the first time you tried the
mystery vegetable? How was it prepared? What
did you think?
• What is your favorite way to prepare the mystery
vegetable?
• What do you hope to learn today? Write your
partner’s answer on a sticky note and place it on
the appropriate ‘parking lot.’
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7. WELCOME to the ASAP Farm
to School Institute
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8. WELCOME
Just some of the Growing Minds Team…
This conference could not have happened without the hard work and dedication of
Brittany Wager, Molly Nicholie, Jess Epsten, Anna Littman, Amy Paxton, our Growing
Minds interns, ASAP staff, volunteers, the support of BCBS of NC
Foundation, Biltmore, UNC Asheville Catering, the NC Center for Health and
Wellness…
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9. WELCOME
AND YOU!!!
There is representation from 1
5 WNC counties, eastern
NC, upstate SC, and north GA.
120 folks are in
attendance, including 9 child
nutrition staff.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE!
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10. WELCOME
ELEVEN YEARS AGO, Growing Minds began. We started with a garden at Hazelwood Elementary.
We could have stayed in the role as “garden ladies” but we decided we’d figure out what
teachers and Child Nutrition Directors, and farmers, and parents needed and try to provide that.
Like any lifelong learners, we are still learning and we need your help…
Dear Ms. Jackson,
Thank you for lating us plant theeings. An we will be raesponsubl.
we will water the plants. We will weed the plants. We will lat thme
grow.
Zack (Hazelwood 1st grader)
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11. WELCOME
Where do we work and
why?
Special Projects:
• Avery/Yancey/Rutherford
project
• Jackson County project
• Haywood County project
General Support
National Farm to School
Network and Farm to
Preschool Subcommittee
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12. WELCOME
Enjoy the food from our local farms and thanks to UNC Asheville
Catering for all their efforts to source locally!
New River Organic, Boone
JH Stepp Farm's Hillcrest Orchard, Hendersonville
Lindley Mills, Graham
New River Organic, Boone
Hickory Nut Gap Farms
Kay Farms, Flat Rock
Three Graces Dairy, Marshall
Kay Farms, Flat Rock
Mountain Harvest Organics, Hot Springs
Imladris Farms, Fairview
Creasman Farms, Hendersonville
Peaceful Valley Farms, Old Fort
Flying Cloud Farm, Fairview
East Fork Farms, Marshall
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13. WELCOME
Enjoy your day, make new friends, and we plan
to be in touch to find out what you liked, what
you didn’t…generally what resonated.
Go forth and Farm to School!
Thanks,
Growing Minds and the rest of the ASAP staff
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