Massachusetts Agriculture in the Classroom

06/17/2026

Massachusetts is launching a statewide Farm and Sea to School Roadmap to guide priorities, partnerships, and investments over the next 3-5 years. This effort is being led by the Mass. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in partnership with Massachusetts Farm to School, along with key state and community partners. The roadmap will build on the strong foundation already in place across the Commonwealth and help define how "farm to school" and "sea to school" can become more coordinated, equitable, and sustainable statewide. Your feedback is important - please take a few minutes to complete the survey (before June26th): https://bit.ly/f2s-roadmap-survey

06/15/2026

Teachers and educators, send us your school garden photos, help spread the word to your kids and parents!

04/28/2026

The Eos Foundation is offering up to $20,000 per school and technical assistance to help Massachusetts districts implement Breakfast in the Classroom—a proven model that increases breakfast participation, supports student wellness, and strengthens school nutrition budgets.
https://eosfoundation.org/launch-grants-technical-assistance/
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. To discuss implementation, please contact Megan Martino at [email protected].

Eos provides technical assistance and BIC grant awards of $20,000 to eligible Massachusetts public schools and public charter schools eager to make breakfast part of their school day by launching or expanding BIC programming. Districts can request district-wide grants. Schools we fund are asked to s...

04/25/2026

Last Week to Enroll!

Need 15 PDPs or a 1-credit course?

Massachusetts Agriculture in the Classroom and Fitchburg State University have partnered to offer educators the Applied Agriculture in the Classroom course!

Gain practical, hands-on strategies in soil science, pollinators, floriculture, school gardens, and more—all designed to help you bring agriculture into your classroom.

Don’t miss this unique professional development opportunity—register today!


Graduate, Online and Continuing Education, Fitchburg State University

Soil, Pollinators, Floriculture, School Garden Applications and Career Pathways Course Description This course provides educators with focused, in-depth study of foundational agricultural topics, including soil science, beekeeping, flower and crop production, and applications of school gardens in ed...

04/17/2026

The Massachusetts Flower Growers Association sponsor an annual scholarship award of up to $6,000.

Deadline May 15th - Details here:

The Massachusetts Flower Growersʼ Association will sponsor a scholarship award of up to $6,000 depending on length of study. Click here for an application. Eligibility Applicant must major in a course of study in Floriculture, Horticulture or related agricultural sciences. Applicant must be a resid...

04/14/2026

Massachusetts Horticultural Society is expanding its Plantmobile program to provide free, high-quality, hands-on plant science and horticulture education to schools and community organizations in MetroWest* that might not otherwise have the resources to book this programming.

04/14/2026

Outdoor Classroom Spotlight - The Mather Gardens

Email from Friends of the Boston Schoolyards Spring has arrived! March 2026 Outdoor Learning Highlights In order for the next generation to love and care about the environment, we must teach our stud

04/12/2026

We had such a great time at our "Growing Minds Through Massachusetts Agriculture" Conference. Nearly fifty teachers from across the state came together to learn about bringing agricuture into their classrooms! A special thank you to our sponsors Massachusetts State Grange , Farm Credit East, ACA , Eastern State Exposition and, Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources! Stay tuned for our events this summer!

04/03/2026

03/31/2026

Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources(MDAR) looking for local food spotlights at schools - 2 minutes to submit your Snapshot today! deadline April 17th.

If you haven’t already done so, there is still time to submit your story. We have been getting responses from schools, farms, early education centers, and organizations supporting farm to school across Massachusetts. It’s been great to hear about all the good work happening! To provide more time...