You’re invited to attend the 5th Annual Maine Farm to School Conference on October 14, 2016 on the beautiful Bates College campus in Lewiston. This conference will provide networking opportunities; hands-on workshops to support the 3 Farm to School pillars of Local Food Procurement, School Gardens, and Agriculture Education; a tour of nearby Whiting Farm; learning opportunities from local, state, and national Farm to School partners; conversations about policies to support Farm to School implementation, and much more!

Conference organizers include the Maine Farm to School Network, Maine Agriculture in the Classroom, Maine School Garden Network, Maine Department of Agriculture-Conservation and Forestry, Maine Dept. of Education Child Nutrition Program, and FoodCorps Maine.

Contacts for this event are reachable online, including Farm to School Network Coordinator, Renee Page, who can be contacted at rpage@mcd.org.

Working agenda TBA.

When: 8:30am-4:30pm, Friday, October 14

Where: Bates College, 2 Andrews Road, Lewiston, ME 04240

Cost: $25 per person