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Celebrating Farm-to-School with The Henry Ford at Michelle Obama School: A Local, Organic Lunch for the Next Generation
Read more: Celebrating Farm-to-School with The Henry Ford at Michelle Obama School: A Local, Organic Lunch for the Next GenerationConscious Kitchen, in collaboration with The Alice Waters Institute, proudly welcomed The Henry Ford to Michelle Obama School in the West Contra Costa Unified School…
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Feeding the Future: Organic School Meals Take Root in Sonoma
Read more: Feeding the Future: Organic School Meals Take Root in SonomaOn a sunny October day in Sonoma County, Conscious Kitchen and The Alice Waters Institute, in partnership with Shared Plate Strategies, hosted a transformative Fresh,…
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Café Lagunitas: A New Chapter in Organic School Meals
Read more: Café Lagunitas: A New Chapter in Organic School MealsThis past August marked an exciting milestone: the launch of The Conscious Kitchen at Lagunitas School District — welcome to Café Lagunitas! As the first…
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Celebrating a Historic Leap for Better Breakfasts: CEREAL-ously ORGANIC
Read more: Celebrating a Historic Leap for Better Breakfasts: CEREAL-ously ORGANICAfter 2+ years of collaboration, innovation, and dedication to shifting the paradigm around school food, Conscious Kitchen, Nature’s Path, and West Contra Costa Unified School…
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Cultivating Connections: A Sunny Day of Organic Collaboration at Paicines Ranch
Read more: Cultivating Connections: A Sunny Day of Organic Collaboration at Paicines RanchOn a beautiful sunny day in May, the picturesque Paicines Ranch once again set the stage for another engaging session for our Fresh, Local, Organic…
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Downpour of Dedication: A Culinary Workshop Amidst California’s Storms
Read more: Downpour of Dedication: A Culinary Workshop Amidst California’s StormsAs the rain poured down across the state of California, our dedication to fostering connections between food service teams and small local organic farmers remained…
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A Meal for Change: Empowering Schools with Organic Choices
Read more: A Meal for Change: Empowering Schools with Organic Choices“I am a farmer and a mother of three. In my own experience, my three boys would get their breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks from…
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Virtual Farm Tour: Frog Hollow Farm
Read more: Virtual Farm Tour: Frog Hollow FarmTurning Green’s summer interns have had the exceptional pleasure of learning about sustainability and environmental justice from a new guest speaker every week, and now…
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Chef G’s Tips and Tricks
Read more: Chef G’s Tips and TricksChef Guillaume Pfhal has brought his passion for cooking to Conscious Kitchen since 2015. Having served hundreds of thousands of meals across the Sausalito Marin…
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Garlic Scapes: Getting More Out of the Garlic Plant
Read more: Garlic Scapes: Getting More Out of the Garlic PlantAll across the nation, garlic scapes are popping up in droves at farmer’s markets. Upon seeing these clusters of spiraling verdant bulbs, one might ask:…
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Earth Day: Expanding Organics Through Farm to School
Read more: Earth Day: Expanding Organics Through Farm to SchoolWhy do we love Earth Day? Because the day calls on us to reflect upon the most wonderful gift we have received—the earth, our home.…
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Conscious Kitchen’s Alternative Spring Break
Read more: Conscious Kitchen’s Alternative Spring BreakWhat better way to spend spring break than conducting on-the-ground research to build food systems that support the health and wellbeing of people and planet?…
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture & CA First Partner Pay Conscious Kitchen a Visit
Read more: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture & CA First Partner Pay Conscious Kitchen a VisitWe are always proud of our work with Conscious Kitchen! What a joy to share our organic school food program in person with top leaders…
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Central Coast Organic School Food Summit
Read more: Central Coast Organic School Food SummitWhen you want to make change, it can be hard to know where to begin. In the complex world of increasing organic and local procurement…
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A Pioneer in Organic Farming
Read more: A Pioneer in Organic Farming“Good healthy food is good for the earth and the people, it’s what makes you thrive.” Paul Kolling has been practicing this through organic farming…
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Organic School Meals Work: USDA Visits WCCUSD Summer Meal Site
Read more: Organic School Meals Work: USDA Visits WCCUSD Summer Meal SiteWhat does our school food program look like in action? The Conscious Kitchen team set up at John Herbert Davis Park in San Pablo with…