Michelle Ratcliffe

My mission is to engender a world where it is easy to grow happy healthy kids.

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4 Everyday Ways to Get Your Family Eating Healthy - Modern Wellness Guide https://t.co/6UJ8buR04N

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Oregon leads nation in farm to school programs http://t.co/qS7VmL8dwA via @katunews

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@CollegeGardener wonderful! You will! #foodchat

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Thanks all for convo on F2S hope its the first of many! #Foodchat

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@CollegeGardener @Advocate4Ag 38 states already have F2S policies and there are F2S program in all 50!!! #FoodChat

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Lots of states have F2S policies or are considering them. Check on National Farm to School Network for more info #foodchat

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Check if your school has a garden and see how you can help. Even a day in the garden with kids impacts them forever #foodchat

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If you have kids, check out the lunch menu & go to lunch with them when they are serving local foods #foodchat

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A) 10 @Advocate4Ag @CollegeGardener There is a great example of OR Agribusiness Council Adopt-a-Farmer #FoodChat http://t.co/RWPym6TKFd

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@JDbartholomay Tons of great examples of local, county, state and fed govt removing barriers and creating F2S opportunities #FoodChat

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Q7) And Farm to School has to be about programs, policy, research and market-based solutions working all together #FoodChat

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Q7) It takes folks on the ground, funders, govt and business to do farm to school! #foodchat

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Q6) USDA and other states AK, OR, DC etc here is most recent legislative F2S surrey have http://t.co/JGl3S8vLZH #FoodChat

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Q5) A bigger issues until recently was schools could not specify local, now they can use it as a criteria in their bids #FoodChat

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Q5) $ for schools to buy food is tight so always a factor, but schools can get food-directly & indirectly from farms & processors #foodchat

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Q5) Broadline distributors are who most think of delivery food to schools. Big trucks. Local foods come on big and little trucks #FoodChat

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Q5) A lot of F2S activity happens via broadline distributors. #FoodChat

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Q4) Look at Riverside Farmers' Market Salad Bar modifying eating behaviors in the Riv http://t.co/s4lhFCS47o #FoodChat

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Q4) There's an economic multiplier when schools buy local. In OR local purchases were traced to 400 of the 407 economic sectors #foodchat

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Q4) And I seen food processors develop clean-labeled food products with responsibly sourced ingredients for schools #FoodChat