National Farm to School Month Brings Back Family Memories

I grew up in the city of San Francisco.  Needless to say, I did not have access to farms.  That was something I read about in my favorite storybooks.  Back in those days, (don't want to age myself) we did not have farmers markets.  However, if you took a half an hour drive any direction except west (that was the ocean!) you would run into farms.  

This is before the Silicon Valley burst.  Going thirty to sixty minutes away seemed like another world.  All the beautiful green rolling hills, big barns and orchards.  These are good memories for me and these were family events!  It was a day event to go out of the city to some of the farms where my family would buy the fresh produce of the season.

I bring this up because this month is National Farm to School month.  And for the thousands and thousands of kids who don't live on or near farm communities, they may (like I did) not really realize where food actually comes from.  The grocery store is just one of the steps along the delivery chain to bring our food from farms to our table. (or school cafeteria).  It no longer is the only step.  Now, many schools have relationships with local growers and get some of their foods directly from them.  

I think it is so important, especially these days with so much processed foods and fast foods dominating our culture to go back to the basics with kids.  Teach them where food really comes from.  

Let's all celebrate fresh foods and our local farmers as part of the National Farm to School month.  

Nourish Thought for the Day:  

Give your local grower a special thanks for all their hard work providing  our schools with the healthiest and freshest foods.

Some new Farm to Table Resources!

A quick look at a list of our latest printables. Enjoy!

Food to Table Solusville Maze For Kids

There are different paths that foods take to get from the farm to kid's fork. Cute colorful kids maze using farm, school cafeteria, home and farmers markets!

Published: Oct 14, 2014

Grades: 1-5

Ages: 5-13

Farmer's Market Word to Picture Matching Free Printables Activity Worksheet

Teach children about the foods you typically buy at a farmers market in this matching word to picture activity page.

Published: Oct 14, 2014

Grades: 2-3

Ages: 7-9

Grocery Store In Solusville Unscramble Activity

Teaching children about one of the stops along the food to fork or food to table chain. Children are asked to unscramble common words associated with a grocery store.

Published: Oct 14, 2014

Grades: 3-5

Ages: 7-13

Farmer's Market Solusville Unscramble The Words Activity For Children

Teaching children about one of the stops along the food to fork or food to table chain. Children are asked to unscramble common words associated with a farmers market.

Published: Oct 14, 2014

Grades: 3-5

Ages: 7-13

Farm and Farming in Solusville Unscramble Words Children Worksheet

Teaching children about the first stop along the food to fork or food to table chain. Children are asked to unscramble common words associated with a farm.

Published: Oct 14, 2014

Grades: 3-5

Ages: 7-13

Grocery Store Math Worksheet for Kids

Teach children about math, food expenditures while they work through a grocery store math activity. Great way to combine math with the farm to table concept.

Published: Oct 14, 2014

Grades: 2-3

Ages: 7-8

Chef Solus Grocery Store Word Search Puzzle For Elementary School Children

Kids love puzzles. Challenge their reading and vocabulary skills with our fun grocery store word search puzzle. Children are asked to find 12 common words associated with a grocery store.

Published: Oct 14, 2014

Grades: 2-5

Ages: 7-13

Chef Solus and Explorers Go Grocery Shopping In Solusville Grocery Store Coloring Page

Cute coloring page with a grocery store theme. Teach children about one of the stops along the Food to Table chain.

Published: Oct 14, 2014

Grades: PreK-5

Ages: 2-13

Chef Solus Farmers Market Word Search Puzzle For Elementary School Children

Kids love puzzles. Challenge their reading and vocabulary skills with our fun Farmer's Market word search puzzle. Children are asked to find 12 common words associated with a Farmer's Market.

Published: Oct 14, 2014

Grades: 3-5

Ages: 7-13

Solus Farmer's Market Calculate the Produce Prices Activity

Teach children about math, food expenditures while they work through a farmers market math activity. Great way to combine math with the farm to table concept.

Published: Oct 14, 2014

Grades: 3-5

Ages: 8-13

Chef Solus Farm Word Search Puzzle For Elementary School Children

Kids love puzzles. Challenge their reading and vocabulary skills with our fun farm word search puzzle. Children are asked to find common 12 words associated with a farm, the first stop of the food to table chain.

Published: Oct 14, 2014

Grades: 3-5

Ages: 7-13

Chef Solus Grocery Store Word Search Puzzle For Young Readers

Easy six-words word search puzzle for new readers. Challenge their new reading and vocabulary skills with our fun grocery store word search puzzle. Children are asked to find common words associated with a grocery store.

Published: Oct 14, 2014

Grades: 1-3

Ages: 6-9

Chef Solus Farmers Market Word Search Puzzle For Young Readers

Easy seven-words word search puzzle for new readers. Challenge their new reading and vocabulary skills with our fun farmers market word search puzzle. Children are asked to find common words associated with a farmers market.

Published: Oct 14, 2014

Grades: 1-3

Ages: 6-9

Chef Solus Farm Word Search Puzzle For Young Readers

Easy seven-words word search puzzle for new readers. Challenge their new reading and vocabulary skills with our fun farm word search puzzle. Children are asked to find common words associated with a farm.

Published: Oct 14, 2014

Grades: 1-3

Ages: 6-9