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A Fresh Look: A Day with Betti Wiggins

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Betti Wiggins photo: Michael Cuddy
 
Fresh Look: A Day with Betti Wiggins
  Thursday, March 3, 2016   Betti Wiggins is redefining American school food. Betti has started over 80 school gardens, and as the Executive Director of the Office of School Nutrition, has successfully increased access to fresh foods and vegetables with engaged programs and partners for Detroit Public Schools. Join Twin Cities schoolyard garden leaders and supporters as we take a fresh look at how to increase access to healthy food and healthy choices in Minnesota. Watch a video about Betti Wiggins     9 a.m. Breakfast with Betti Co-op Creamery Neighborhood Cafe 2601 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis Seating for the breakfast is extremely limited. RSVP to Carrie Stowers at cstowers@umn.edu   10:00 a.m. Schoolyard Garden Tour Depart from the Co-op Creamery or meet us along the way! You are invited on a tour of local schoolyard garden programs with Ms. Wiggins Seating for the tour is extremely limited. RSVP to Carrie Stowers at cstowers@umn.edu   5:30 p.m. UROC Community Reception University of Minnesota Robert J. Jones Urban Research Outreach-Engagement Center 2001 Plymouth Avenue North Minneapolis Join practitioners, educators, and professionals at this public reception at UROC for Ms. Wiggins. LaDonna Redmond will host a conversation with Betti including a question and answer session. Be a part of the schoolyard garden movement, where we can harvest hope and improve the future of Minnesota’s children. Seating for the reception is limited. RSVP to Carrie Stowers at cstowers@umn.edu   The events above are free, by invitation only, while space is available. Seating is limited, so RSVP early. RSVP by February 29 to Carrie Stowers at cstowers@umn.edu

 
Schoolyard Gardens Conference 2016 Girl holding watering can with Arboretum and Univ of MN Extension Master Gardener Program logosSCHOOLYARD GARDENS CONFERENCE 2016
An Ecosystem of Learning, Sharing Common Ground Friday, March 4, 2016, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. At the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum $65 Arboretum members and conference affiliates $75 general registration Conference Web Page Register Button
Schoolyard Gardens provide an incomparable, hands-on opportunity for students to meet academic standards, engage with community partners, learn about agriculture, healthy eating, cultural competency and connect with natural systems. Whether you are a beginner or schoolyard garden veteran, join us in March to learn innovative strategies, sustaining and engaging diverse learners in a thriving schoolyard garden.
  Minnesota Schoolyard Gardens CoalitionPresented by the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum and the University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Program in collaboration with the Minnesota Schoolyard Gardens Coalition

Carrie L. Stowers
 
Education Communications Specialist
Public Policy Programs
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
3675 Arboretum Dr.
Chaska, MN 55318
 
 
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RSVP for one or several of the options below

Betti Wiggins photo: Michael Cuddy

 
Fresh Look: A Day with Betti Wiggins

 

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Betti Wiggins is redefining American school food. Betti has started over 80 school gardens, and as the Executive Director of the Office of School Nutrition, has successfully increased access to fresh foods and vegetables with engaged programs and partners
for Detroit Public Schools. Join Twin Cities schoolyard garden leaders and supporters as we take a fresh look at how to increase access to healthy food and healthy choices in Minnesota.
Watch a video about Betti
Wiggins

 

9 a.m.
Breakfast with Betti

Co-op Creamery Neighborhood Cafe

2601 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis
Seating for the breakfast is extremely limited. RSVP to Carrie Stowers at
cstowers@umn.edu

10:00 a.m.

Schoolyard Garden Tour

Depart from the Co-op Creamery or meet us along the way!

You are invited on a tour of local schoolyard garden programs with Ms. Wiggins

Seating for the tour is extremely limited. RSVP to Carrie Stowers at
cstowers@umn.edu

5:30 p.m.

UROC Community Reception

University of Minnesota Robert J. Jones Urban Research Outreach-Engagement Center

2001 Plymouth Avenue North Minneapolis

Join practitioners, educators, and professionals at this public reception at UROC for Ms. Wiggins. LaDonna Redmond will host a conversation with Betti including a question and answer session. Be a
part of the schoolyard garden movement, where we can harvest hope and improve the future of Minnesota’s children.

Seating for the reception is limited. RSVP to Carrie Stowers at
cstowers@umn.edu

The events above are free, by invitation only, while space is available. Seating is limited, so RSVP early.

RSVP by February 29 to Carrie Stowers at
cstowers@umn.edu


 
Schoolyard Gardens Conference 2016 Girl holding watering can with Arboretum and Univ of MN Extension Master Gardener Program logosSCHOOLYARD
GARDENS CONFERENCE 2016

An Ecosystem of Learning, Sharing Common Ground

Friday, March 4, 2016,
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

 

At the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

$65 Arboretum members and conference affiliates

$75 general registration

Conference Web Page

Register Button

Schoolyard Gardens provide an incomparable, hands-on opportunity for students to meet academic standards, engage with community partners, learn about agriculture, healthy eating, cultural competency
and connect with natural systems. Whether you are a beginner or schoolyard garden veteran, join us in March to learn innovative strategies, sustaining and engaging diverse learners in a thriving schoolyard garden.

 

Minnesota Schoolyard Gardens CoalitionPresented
by the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum and the University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Program in collaboration with the Minnesota Schoolyard Gardens Coalition


Carrie L. Stowers
 
Education Communications Specialist
Public Policy Programs
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
3675 Arboretum Dr.
Chaska, MN 55318

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