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		<title>FTS conference plans coming along</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Very excited about the progress and plans for our upcoming conference: Sow, Reap, Prepare, Eat! &#8211; a Farm to School Conference here in the Upper Valley on November 19 at the Lebanon HS. As organizers, we are very greatful to our sponsors and partners who are helping make this a success, including:]]></description>
		<link>http://www.uvfts.org/2011/10/fts-conference-plans-coming-along/</link>
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		<title>Welcome Back</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Upper Valley FTS participants, friends and colleagues, In this post-Irene period, I realize that the back-to-school frenzy is beyond compare this year &#8211; with flooded classrooms and cafeterias, eroded roads and so many in our community experiencing great losses &#8211; on their farms and homes. My thoughts are with those of you who were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.uvfts.org/2011/09/welcome-back/</link>
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		<title>Area Schools Receive Praise and Awards at Statehouse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Statehouse Awards and Recognition for Area Farm to School Programs By Peter Allison The Farm to School programs at Woodstock,  Hartland, Randolph and Tunbridge Elementary Schools received high praise &#8211; and cash &#8211;  at the Vermont Farm to School Awareness Day on January 20 in the Statehouse.  Jason Drebber, 6th grade student from Woodstock Elementary, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.uvfts.org/2011/01/area-schools-receive-praise-and-awards-at-statehouse/</link>
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		<title>August 2010 FTS Coordinator Gathering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Upper Valley Farm to School Network Notes from Summer Gathering – August 3, 2010, Cobb Hill Farm and Community &#8211; Hartland, Vermont Participants: Leah Tofolson, Sarah Bowering and Ruth Fleishman (Hartford Memorial Middle School), Keenan Haley and Meg Hopkins (Sharon Elementary School and UVFTS Steering Committee), Rima Nickell (Lyme Elementary School and UVFTS), Beth Carlson [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.uvfts.org/2010/09/august-2010-fts-coordinator-gathering/</link>
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		<title>Trek to Taste</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Trek to Taste on the Trails of Woodstock is taking place this Saturday, June 5 from 10 AM to 3 PM at the Marsh Billings Rockefeller National Historical Park.  The day celebrates local food and local trails. Organized walks leave the NHP Forest Center at 10:30 am and Noon &#8211; to the Purple Crayon [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.uvfts.org/2010/06/trek-to-taste/</link>
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		<title>May Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out the latest Upper Valley FTS News -http://eepurl.com/vE7r &#8211; Spring Gardens &#8211; Farm and Earth Day events &#8211; Workshops &#8211; Grants &#38; Awards &#8211; Read it all here.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.uvfts.org/2010/05/may-update/</link>
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		<title>Farm to School in the News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a great AP article by Lisa Rathke in the news this week about the Farm to School program at Sharon Elementary School, and about the broader FTS movement in VT and around the nation.  Check it out. And today, Michele  Obama&#8217;s Let&#8217;s Move initiative hit the wires, as she announced her ambitious campaign [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.uvfts.org/2010/02/farm-to-school-in-the-news/</link>
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		<title>UVFTS January &#8217;10 Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Upper Valley Farm to School Network – for Wellborn Ecology Fund Newsletter 1-4-2010 The UVFTS has had a “fruitful” fall – with several new farm to school programs being launched, new FTS coordinators hired at three schools, forums held for FTS stakeholders and a new steering committee created to help guide the UVFTS bus / [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.uvfts.org/2010/01/uvfts-january-10-update/</link>
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		<title>Vermont Bean Soup /Class Project &amp; Gift Idea</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This past week, the third graders in Hartland didn&#8217;t visit the farm; instead we brought the &#8220;farm to school.&#8221;  Farmer Kerry Gawalt and I brought in about a dozen different types of beans of varying sizes and colors, as well as some dried herbs.  We had a pint canning jar for each student and a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.uvfts.org/2009/12/vermont-bean-soup-class-project-gift-idea/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s safer, school lunch or fast food?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s safer, school lunch or fast food? Attached is a provocative study indicating the latter, at least in terms of beef served, in that it is more highly regulated/tested.  Click here for the article.I&#8217;m not interested in that debate right now, but rather want to put in a plug for all the cafeteria staff who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.uvfts.org/2009/12/whats-safer-school-lunch-or-fast-food/</link>
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