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 Seminar Presentation on Ecological Education : Farm to School

Introduction:

Ecological and environmental literacy should be regarded in the same way that reading and math literacy is regarded. Unfortunately, our mainstream society and public education system has been slow to see the connection between environmental literacy and healthier, more sustainable communities. Instead much our focus has been aimed at global competition in math and science and standardized testing.

In order to improve public education we need to change our current objectives and take a more holistic educational approach. David Orr, the author of __Earth in Mind__, proposes that all education should be environmental education, and that other content areas need to be integrated into it, rather than segmenting and compartmentalizing curriculum.  This presentation will examine just one way to integrate environmentally literacy into the classroom, through the use of farm to school programs.

Objectives:

The audience will be able to identify how farm to school programs benefit the community has a whole.

The audience will be able to identify the main objectives of farm to school programs.

The audience will be able to identify obstacles of farm to school programs.

 Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World : Rethinking School Lunch