Leadership Douglas County 2018 selects Farm to School as community project
Leadership Douglas County (LDC) is a long-standing educational program provided by the Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce.
The program is designed to create community leaders from all walks of life by focusing on our community’s leadership needs, history, values, members, strengths, and issues.
The following are members of the 2018 LDC Class:
Katie Allin, Sierra Lutheran High School
Sheela Bilderback, Baker Hughes, a GE-owned company
Tim Davis, Senior Building Inspector, Douglas County
J.D. Frisby, Town of Minden
James Gocke, Carson Valley Medical Center
Joan Neuffer, D’terra Law, LLC/GreenACTnv
Merrilyn Noble, Retired Nurse
Larry Offenstein, Kiwanis/Topaz Ranch Estates GID
Bryan Oland, Carson Valley Accounting
Dean Paris, Retired United States Marine Corps
Taylor Radtke, Partnership Douglas County
Norma Ruelas, Family Support Council
Sarah Sanchez, Carson Valley Community Food Closet
Nadia Shahin, Eastside Memorial Park
Kim Smallwood, Visit Carson Valley
As part of their commitment to the community, each class is tasked with designing and implementing a community project.
LDC Class of 2018 has selected Farm to School as the theme for this year’s community project. The class goal is to build the foundation for a comprehensive Farm to School Program at Gardnerville Elementary School (GES) and to create a model program that can be implemented in other Douglas County schools in the future.
Farm to School is a nationwide initiative to connect students to healthy, local foods as well as educational opportunities such as school gardens, cooking lessons, and farm field trips.
Farm to School is implemented in three phases:
— School Garden: Building the infrastructure for a school learning garden.
— Education: Educating students on horticulture and nutrition. This phase includes engaging the local agricultural community.
— Procurement: Including fruits and vegetables produced in school and community gardens into school nutrition programs.
LDC Class of 2018 will execute Phase 1: School Garden at GES and provide resources for further implementation of Farm to School phases by October 2018. Activities will include building raised beds and a shed for gardening supplies, acquiring supplies to support the first year of farm to school, promoting the program, and assisting the school in writing Farm to School learning grants.
Members of the community can participate in the LDC Farm to School project by being an advocate and/or by supporting with LDC with donations of soil, children’s gardening gloves, and other items listed on Douglas County School District’s Farm to School wish list.
Monetary donations should be made out to Carson Valley Community Food Closet. For more information, residents can contact LDC 2018 at DouglasFarm2School@gmail.com or reach out to a member directly.
For more information about National Farm to School programs, visit http://www.farmtoschool.org/.
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