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- Farm to School Lunch Across America - The Henry Ford’s Farm to School Lunch Across America is an initiative to amplify the importance of farm fresh, seasonal meals for schoolchildren across the United States.
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Farm to School Lunch Across America
The Henry Ford’s Farm to School Lunch Across America is an initiative to amplify the importance of farm fresh, seasonal meals for schoolchildren across the United States.
- The Henry Ford Announces Farm to School Lunch Initiatives Including Endowment for Henry Ford Academy's Lunch Program - Bridging history with innovation, the institution is expanding its education initiatives that focus on the importance of food, agriculture and the environment with the announcement of a Farm to School Lunch Across America program and an endowment for Henry Ford Academy's locally-sourced farm to school lunches. The announcement was made by The Henry Ford's President and CEO, Patricia Mooradian, at the institution's Carver-Carson Society's Moveable Feast held this year in Greenfield Village on September 17 and featured actor and activist Jane Fonda, chef and farm-to-table pioneer Alice Waters and historian Douglas Brinkley.
- September 18, 2023
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The Henry Ford Announces Farm to School Lunch Initiatives Including Endowment for Henry Ford Academy's Lunch Program
Bridging history with innovation, the institution is expanding its education initiatives that focus on the importance of food, agriculture and the environment with the announcement of a Farm to School Lunch Across America program and an endowment for Henry Ford Academy's locally-sourced farm to school lunches. The announcement was made by The Henry Ford's President and CEO, Patricia Mooradian, at the institution's Carver-Carson Society's Moveable Feast held this year in Greenfield Village on September 17 and featured actor and activist Jane Fonda, chef and farm-to-table pioneer Alice Waters and historian Douglas Brinkley.
- Children Eating Lunch outside Saline School, Saline, Michigan, April 1945 -
- April 06, 1945
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Children Eating Lunch outside Saline School, Saline, Michigan, April 1945
- Henry Ford Trade School Students Eating Lunch, May 24, 1937 -
- May 24, 1937
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Henry Ford Trade School Students Eating Lunch, May 24, 1937
- Lunches Being Served to Union Strikers, April 1941 -
- April 02, 1941
- Collections - Artifact
Lunches Being Served to Union Strikers, April 1941
- Feeding Students / Students Feeding Themselves: School Gardens at The Henry Ford - Feeding students. It sounds like a one-way street. Food arrives. Cooks prepare it. Students consume it. But evidence in The Henry Ford collections confirms that students played an active role in growing food, planning menus and preparing lunches.
- May 09, 2024
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Feeding Students / Students Feeding Themselves: School Gardens at The Henry Ford
Feeding students. It sounds like a one-way street. Food arrives. Cooks prepare it. Students consume it. But evidence in The Henry Ford collections confirms that students played an active role in growing food, planning menus and preparing lunches.
- Information Packet, National Welfare Rights Organization Food Rights Campaign, circa 1974 -
- circa 1974
- Collections - Artifact
Information Packet, National Welfare Rights Organization Food Rights Campaign, circa 1974
- Hallmark "Back to School" Christmas Ornament, 2002 - Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- 2002
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Hallmark "Back to School" Christmas Ornament, 2002
Already known for greeting cards, Hallmark introduced a line of Christmas ornaments in 1973. The company's annual release of an increasing array of ornaments revolutionized Christmas decorating, appealing to customers' interest in marking memories and milestones as well as expressing one's personality and unique tastes.
- Man in Doorway of "Night Lunch Elm Cafe" Lunch Wagon -
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Man in Doorway of "Night Lunch Elm Cafe" Lunch Wagon
- Agreement to Hire Elizabeth Hitchcock to Teach School, May 2, 1800 - In the early United States, there was no taxpayer-funded public school system; children learned skills and even reading from their parents, neighbors, and clergy. Some local communities organized schools, and parents generally had to pay for their children to attend. This is a contract for a teacher in Bethany, Connecticut; the signatures likely belong to her students' parents.
- May 02, 1800
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Agreement to Hire Elizabeth Hitchcock to Teach School, May 2, 1800
In the early United States, there was no taxpayer-funded public school system; children learned skills and even reading from their parents, neighbors, and clergy. Some local communities organized schools, and parents generally had to pay for their children to attend. This is a contract for a teacher in Bethany, Connecticut; the signatures likely belong to her students' parents.