Harvest of the Month Guide
The Harvest of the Month (HOM) Resource Guide is designed to help bring New York–grown fruits, vegetables, and other seasonal ingredients to life in your classrooms, cafeterias, and beyond. Whether you're an educator, food service professional, or school garden coordinator, this guide is packed with ready-to-use tools and ideas to support hands-on learning and seasonal celebration.
Field Trip Guide
Farm visits and field trips are an effective way to engage students and expose them to our local food system. This guide highlights tips and tools for both farmers and educators to help plan successful, engaging field trips. Considerations range from funding your field trip and preparing students for the visit, to checking if you have the right insurance coverage. The guide includes activities by farm type and grade range.
Curriculum, Lesson plans, and Activities
An online, searchable, and standards-based curriculum map for K-12 teachers.
Ecological education that helps schools and students teach and model sustainable practices.
Helping educators, students, and communities learn about agriculture and food systems.
F2S lesson plans and activities organized by grade level and topic.
CCE Niagara created several Farm to School lesson plans for each grade (K-12).
Farm to School lessons presented by teachers in NY State during regional Farm to School gatherings.
Become a certified agricultural literacy educator through a newly developed self-paced online course from the National Center for Agricultural Literacy.
Use National Farm to School Network's resource database to search for lesson plans and activities submitted by educators from across the entire country.
This free, downloadable curriculum provides high school students with a deep understanding of critical food system issues, empowers them to make healthy and responsible food choices, and encourages them to become advocates for food system change.
The Poughkeepsie Farm Project shares lesson plans, activities, and resources to help educators feel confident teaching in the garden.
Harvest of the Month
Harvest of the Month is an opportunity to prepare and promote local in-season produce in schools. Check out these recipes, resources and printable materials to get started:
- Coloring pages, recipes, videos, and resources from the Poughkeepsie Farm Project
- Posters, infographics, and newsletters from CCE Harvest NY
- Posters from CCE Seneca
- Posters from New York State Department Agriculture and Markets