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Updated 2009 information coming soon. Please read about
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The
Environmental Club
of
Peoples
Academy Green at Heart. |
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| GREEN
FACT:
Ecological
footprint analysis measures human
demand on nature. It compare human consumption of natural
resources with planet Earth's ecological capacity to regenerate
them. It is an estimate of the amount of biologically productive
land and sea area needed to regenerate (if possible) the
resources a human population consumes and to absorb and
render harmless the corresponding waste giving prevailing
technology and current understanding. Using this assessment,
it is possible to estimate how many planet Earths it would
take to support humanity if everybody lived a given lifestyle. |
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| Photo
above: Farm
to Community training in Montpelier March 20th.Team members
who attended from left to right: Jonah Bourne, Jeremiah
Church, Lynette Follensbee, Dena Keith, Emberly Keith,
Ashley Brown, Dorinne Dorfman |
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Photo
above:Members
of the Farm-to-School Commitee prepare the taste-test at
Hyjinx on May 16 at Peoples Academy. Samantha LaMonda,
Sandy Ferns, Emberly Keith, and Ashley Brown spead Middle
Eastern hummus with chick peas and Vermont style hummus
with Jacob's cattle beans from Butterworks Farm on French
Bread baked by Morrisville's Evelyn Kirk. |
ABOUT US |
| Mission
Statement: The mission of the Farm-to-School
Committee is to educate the school community about food
quality and the relationship between food quality and
health, behavior, and environmental issues. We are committed
to researching, attending, and hosting conferences and
workshops, and just doing it. We will integrate
healthy food and a system of waste reduction in our cafeteria
while improving school climate along with personal and
planetary health. |
 Objectives,
Activities, and Timelines of PA's FARM-TO-SCHOOL Initiative
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NEEDS: |
Parent/Community members to become involved with
the Farm-to-School Committee. The committee
meets once a month. Contact Dorinne Dorfman at Peoples
Academy by phone at 888-6725 or via e-mail dorinne.dorfman@morrisville.org.
This committee is generated from the Peoples Academy
Enviromental Club (Green Team), PA faculty, staff
and administration, and the Fit and Healthy Council
to introduce locally produced foods into the school
meals program. |
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LINKS |
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Northeast
Organic Farming Association of Vermont |
Our mission is to harvest excess farm produce, making
it available to Vermonters in need. |
Vermont
Food Education Every Day
(FEED) |
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FARM-TO-SCHOOL
SPOTLIGHT
