{"id":23474,"date":"2022-07-01T15:50:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T20:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seacoasteatlocal.org\/?p=23474"},"modified":"2023-01-17T09:19:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T14:19:05","slug":"samm-loves-farm-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seacoasteatlocal.org\/samm-loves-farm-to-school\/","title":{"rendered":"SAMM Loves Farm to School!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Question: \u201cWhere does your food come from?\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n

Answer: \u201cThe store!\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n

At least, that\u2019s the response most kids provide when asked where their food comes from. And their logic path is clear. The store is where we go to get food, so, it\u2019s where it came from. Makes sense!<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, there is more to the story of our food before it ends up packaged on grocery store shelves. And it\u2019s that story that Celeste Gingras<\/a> (Seacoast Eat Local’s Education Coordinator) teaches on stops with the SAMM<\/a> van. SAMM stands for Seacoast Area Mobile Market. Originally designed to service locations without access to local food, SAMM\u2019s offerings have widened to include school and community education.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Most recently, SAMM and Celeste completed a series of visits to Maplewood Elementary.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Partnering with Somersworth Farm to School<\/a>, <\/span>Celeste taught nine lessons to 316 children in the third, fourth, and fifth grades. <\/span>Each lesson began with an overview of the Indigenous people who farmed, and still farm, in Somersworth and other Seacoast towns such as the <\/span>Wabanaki, Penacook, and Abenaki. Celeste also shared some<\/span>\u00a0techniques such as the Abenaki planting by a 13-season moon calendar and what the Abenaki call the four seasons:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n