Teachers 
NH FTS can help enhance existing curriculum. Local food connections afford schools a unique opportunity to generate and reinforce classroom learning. If, for example, the food served in the cafeteria is part of the daily lesson —learning how and where that food is produced, meeting the farmer either in the classroom or on the farm, integrating food and agriculture knowledge with standard science, math, and social studies curricula — then local farms, because of their proximity, variety, and accessibility, extend the teaching impact of the school. NH FTS has assembled resource materials that can be used, not as another add-on program, but to integrate the ideas of sustainability, health, ecology, and community into what is already being taught.
Here's how you can get involved!
- Find out if your school is participating in the NH FTS Program.
- Talk with your food service director about purchasing locally-produced foods.
- Inform your fellow teachers about the program.
- Integrate farm to school into your curriculum.
- Arrange a field trip to a local apple orchard or farm near you, farmer's market, the New Hampshire Farm Museum, or the Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm. Check out our field trip guide designed specifically for teachers!
- Contact NH Agriculture in the Classroom to arrange a program on farming in NH for your class.
- Arrange a guest speaker to talk to your class about farming, agriculture, sustainability or nutrition.
- Begin a school garden or compost project.
- Encourage students to think locally and continue their farm to school experience at home.
- Check out our resources to learn more!