The Farm to School Podcast

By Rick Sherman & Michelle Markesteyn

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Stories from the frontlines of food, farming, and education—where young minds grow and agriculture takes root.  Join co-hosts Michelle Markesteyn and Rick Sherman as they explore what it means to bring local food into the school cafeteria and teach kids about where their food comes from with guests from around the world!

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Episode Date
Showtime: the Art of School Food Excellence with Michael Rosenberger
Mar 31, 2026
Sticky Notes & Big Ideas from the ROC & the 585: Farm to School in Rochester
Mar 16, 2026
A Problem We Can Eat Our Way Out Of
Mar 02, 2026
Where Regulations Meet Roots: Local Food in a Complicated System
Feb 16, 2026
Silos, Soil, and Storytelling: Phyllicia Moore of Houston ISD on Reimagining Farm to School
Feb 02, 2026
From Shreveport to SW Florida – Where culture, cooking, courage and school gardens meet.
Jan 20, 2026
The Old Guard, New Ideas: A Farm to School Reunion
Jan 05, 2026
From Heat-and-Serve to “Jedi-Level” Scratch Cooking: A Kitchen Transformation Story
Dec 15, 2025
When Podcasts Collide: The School Garden Podcast Crossover Event
Dec 01, 2025
Tools Are Not Toys: Creating the First Student Designed School Garden Tool and Branding
Nov 17, 2025
Tiny Tots: Big Gardens - The Farm to ECE Episode
Nov 04, 2025
Lunch Across America
Oct 23, 2025
Planting the Next Decade: One State's 10-Year Vision for Farm to School
Oct 06, 2025
Sunny Side Up: A Bright Future for Farm to School From Policy to Plate; A Conversation With NFSN’s Sunny Baker
Sep 15, 2025
Planting the Future: From Seedlings to Systems – Inside One State’s Farm to School Institute
Sep 02, 2025
School-Supported Agriculture: Alice Waters Reimagines Farm to School
Aug 19, 2025
First Foods, Lasting Legacy: Indigenous Foodways at Chemawa Indian School
Aug 04, 2025
Cooking up Change: How Local Tamales are Transforming School Lunch
Jul 14, 2025
Curries, Culture & Cafeteria: Bringing Bold Flavors to Schools.. Happy Curry Foods & the Power of Cultural Cuisine!
Jul 01, 2025
Ranch to School
Jun 17, 2025
Speed-Scratch, School Farmers Markets, and Farm to School Magic: a Conversation with Lynne Shore
Jun 02, 2025
Farm to School Across the Pond: Lessons From England
May 24, 2025
Cultivating Curiosity- Digging into real stories of how farm to school is changing classrooms—and communities—from the ground up. A conversation with Jade Davidson
May 12, 2025
The Luck of the Lunch Tray: Gaelic Greens & Garden Dreams
Apr 17, 2025
NOYO Food Forest
Apr 11, 2025
Who Knew Broccoli Didn't Grow on Trees? School Garden Education in Colorado
Mar 27, 2025
Student Ecoliteracy: The Publisher
Mar 12, 2025
Student Ecoliteracy: The Author
Feb 24, 2025
Remarkable Academic Foods
Feb 10, 2025
Educating Kids Through Music: The Banana Slug String Band - PART 2
Jan 29, 2025
Educating Kids Through Music: The Banana Slug String Band - PART 1
Jan 17, 2025
Farm Lab-DREAMS Campus; Julie Burton
Dec 20, 2024
Growing Food Changes Lives: A Discussion With Big Green's Sam Koentopp
Dec 02, 2024
The History of School Gardens: A Conversation With Author Rose Hayden-Smith
Nov 18, 2024
Food Lab: A small school where the kids scratch-cook their own meals
Nov 04, 2024
So You Have a School Garden.. Now What To Do With That Food? The Master Food Preserver Episode.
Oct 14, 2024
It's not "School Lunch".. It's "Lunch at School!"
Oct 01, 2024
Small Bites Adventure Club
Sep 16, 2024
Critters in the School Garden
Sep 03, 2024
Developer/Leader in Farm to School: Spotlight on Miguel Villareal, National Farm to School Network
Aug 14, 2024
The Cafeteria and School Garden in Harmony
Aug 05, 2024
Junior Master Gardeners: Texas A&M's Randy Seagraves
Jul 25, 2024
Changing the World by Being the Change at Home - Part 2
Jul 15, 2024
Changing the World by Being the Change at Home - Part 1
Jul 15, 2024
World's Largest Student Farmer's Market
Jun 26, 2024
What's the Buzz in School Gardens (Part 1)?
Jun 18, 2024
What's the Buzz in School Gardens (Part 2)?
Jun 18, 2024
Does Local Food Make School Lunches Healthier? A Discussion With USDA FNS Administrator Cindy Long
May 28, 2024
Bringing Health & Wellness into School Gardens
May 13, 2024
Growing School Gardens Summit Part 4
Apr 30, 2024
Growing School Gardens Summit Part 3
Apr 22, 2024
Growing School Gardens Summit - Part 2
Apr 15, 2024
Growing School Gardens Summit Part 1
Apr 09, 2024
Not all Schools Have Walls: A visit With North Country School, Lake Placid NY
Feb 29, 2024
Bringing Learning to Life In the School Garden: Special Guest John Fisher
Feb 01, 2024
Everything happens for a reason: Michelle interviews her co-host Rick Sherman
Dec 19, 2023
Teeny School? No Kitchen? No problem! Find out how Lua Siegel transformed a very rural charter school into an edible landscape.
Dec 04, 2023
Creating a State Farm to School Movement: Michelle Markesteyn
Nov 20, 2023
Starting a National Farm to School Movement: Anupama Joshi
Nov 08, 2023
School Garden Sustainability: Kelly Douglas
Oct 17, 2023
What is Farm to School?
Sep 29, 2023
Farm to School in Remote Areas; Rikkilyn Starliper
Sep 14, 2023