Building Farm to School Partnerships in the Digital Age

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This presentation was used at the Farm-based Education conference, 2011 in Vermont. We discussed Gorman Heritage Farm's partnership with the Princeton School District in Cincinnati, Ohio. In this project we utilized technology as a mechanism for learning the farm to school curriculum.

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Who we are

Develop more effective farm based education programs

Create lasting relationship between the farm and the district

Create lasting relationships between the farm and students Model Curriculum for

Student Mastery

Develop more effective field trip Models

Allow for students to form inter-elementary

relationship before Junior High

Classroom conversation

Classroom Lessons

Farm Staff Intro at school

Field Trip Experience – Digital Documentation

Sharing with other schools

Presentation of Learning/Harvest

Back to the Question?

Authority

The ability to make things happen

Can immediately make decisions

Can immediately involve many others

Stability Will this person stay in his or her position?