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Dear New England Fuel Up to Play 60 Students & Program Advisors, Thank you for helping make a difference in the schools in our community, and in the lives of students across the country through your participation in the Fuel Up to Play 60 program! I’m inspired by the leadership you and your …
Dear New England Dairy Farmers, First of all, thank you for being a farmer. Farming is not something that everyone can do, and the fact that you have invested your life into a job so helpful, providing, and fulfilling is inspiring to me, and many others. I would like to thank you with my whole …
What happens when you combine a group of Fuel Up to Play 60 student leaders, a dairy farmer and a New England Patriots player? You wind up with an amazing day! This fall, Whitin Elementary School of Uxbridge, MA was awarded a field trip to Whittier Farms in Sutton with an NFL player after winning …
In 2017, the United States Department of Agriculture, which funds and administers the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program (SBP), announced significant interim changes to the school meal program guidelines for the 2017-2018 school year. Prior to this, the last major update to the guidelines had been made in 2012, when …
The dairy case used to be so simple: whole, 2%, 1% skim and lactose-free milk. Now there’s all that, plus almond, rice, soy, coconut and more. With so many options available in the dairy case nowadays, how do you evaluate your choices and make the best-informed decision for you and your family? Though cow’s milk …
In schoolyards across the country, something wonderful is happening. Students, teachers, parents, and members of the community are coming together to build school gardens. While they are no doubt beautiful, these gardens are so much more than simply “pretty.” They are helping children develop lifelong skills and healthy habits. In a day and age when …
Have you ever wandered down the aisle of your local grocery store and come across products proudly displaying the phrase “Member-Owned”? Have you heard the word “co-operative” and wondered what, exactly, makes a “co-op” different from other types of businesses? Co-operatives or, “co-ops” have a long and rich history as business and organizations world-wide, and …
Dairy farmers work hard to provide wholesome food for our communities, but for many American families, keeping healthy food on the table is a struggle. As a farmer, I’ve come to realize we need to do more than simply produce nutritious food, we also need to work harder to make sure everyone in our community …
We recently asked our Student Ambassadors here in New England to share some of the coolest things they’ve done as part of the Fuel Up to Play 60 (FUTP 60) program… But first, what is a Student and State Ambassador? Student Ambassadors are champions of health and wellness in their school communities. They are also student …
New England winters may have us all longing for the Caribbean, but for the region’s dairy cows, well, they’re real troopers when it comes to months of cold temps and falling snow. The reason they can weather the weather (sorry, we couldn’t resist) is the ingenuity of dairy farmers. Take Mark Duffy of Great Brook …