Midwest Food Connection

Lesson Spotlight: Buzz on Bugs🐞🐛

Buzz on Bugs is a student-favorite in our Urban Gardening unit. After planting their own seeds in a previous week, students learn about the important work bugs do for plants and why good farmers are careful not to harm them. In addition to checking up on their seedlings, students taste real honeycomb, learn the Bee Dance, and draw out what they would put in their own gardens.

Learn more about what our students are learning at midwestfoodconnection.org/programs

Happy ! Our educators and staff recently gathered for our annual dinner to share a meal and conversation. This week, we're celebrating the important work done by Midwest Food Connection food educators and our partner educators in local schools. Thank you for all you do for Minnesota kids!

Happy Earth Day! Over the past couple of years, we've modified our Fall 2 unit to center more around conserving food packaging and reducing waste (as a Hennepin County Green Partner). As part of the unit, students bring in food packaging waste from home, brainstorm how they can reuse it, and make pledges for how they can help the planet. These are some of their pledges:

🌏 Use it again (plastic containers/ food packaging)
🌏 Recycle and compost as much as I can
🌏 Be more creative with "trash"
🌏 Save food
🌏 Not waste plastic

What is your Earth Day resolution or something you're doing today to help the planet?