Changing institutions can be very difficult. Minneapolis Nutrition Services serves over 3 million lunches every year to students across the city. Many schools don’t have kitchens, just areas to open cases and serve the prepackaged food. School food revolutionary, Bertrand Weber, is looking to change that, and is working to get more fresh, real food into school lunchrooms. Community Blueprint follows MPS Nutrition Services to the farms they source from to understand how they are changing school food.
Seed to Seed Farm
Meet Arielle Pressman, a farmer who traded a path in neuroscience for the rewarding work of growing real, local food in the Midwest. In this video, Arielle shares his passion for agriculture and highlights the vital partnership with the Minneapolis Public School (MPS) district.
Open Hands Farm
Meet Erin and Ben, the passionate farmers behind Open Hands Farm in Northfield, Minnesota. In this video, they share their journey into farming and their core belief that eating well helps us live, think, and learn better. Discover how they are making a difference in their community by partnering with the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) Farm to School program to provide students with fresh, locally-grown carrots.
MPS Farm to School Intro
School food shouldn’t be boring, limp, or colorless. Join Washburn High School senior Herb as he explores the awesome changes happening in Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) cafeterias.
