REAP Food Group

THREAD: The staff and leadership of REAP Food Group stand in solidarity with our Black and Brown neighbors, community members, food producers and stakeholders to condemn the violence against and systemic oppression of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) in this country.

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If you're curious how that $5 wage increase for MMSD food service workers has translated into changes in the lunch room, hear straight from those on the ground, like Shannon Anderson, elementary lunch coordinator for MMSD. loom.ly/f_RWflE #schoolnutrition

The Culinary Ladies Collective Cookie Grab returns this month with proceeds benefiting Roots4Change and Rockford Family Planning foundation. Order now for PICK-UP ONLY on October 27 or 28 at Giant Jones Brewing at loom.ly/0Ztt7RQ. #cookiegrab

Just in time for the Great Apple Crunch, Munchkey Apples 🍎 find their way into Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Snack kits to participating schools across MMSD! #greatapplecrunch

The Great Lakes @Gr8AppleCrunch is this Thursday at Noon, but don't get hemmed in, munch those local apples all month long to celebrate National Farm to School Month! Take a photo and share your crunch, we'll show you ours if you show us yours 😉🍎. #greatapplecrunch

On this Indigenous Peoples Day, we celebrate the resilience, contributions, and cultures of Native peoples in the face of historical & ongoing oppression that has tried to render them invisible. Learn more from @IllumiNative. Image courtesy of IllumiNative. #IndigenousPeoplesDay

40 years of National School Lunch Weeks, but this year's, Oct.10-Oct.14, feels all the more salient. School Lunch is a keystone in the lives of our children and communities, so let's celebrate and fight to improve them! Learn how to fight at at loom.ly/xLwAxT8. #NSLW2022

On Monday, @wortradio A Public Affair talked with Allison Pfaff Harris, REAP Farm to School Director, key figures in MMSD Food & Nutrition, and Prof. Jen Gaddis to talk school nutrition programs challenges and solutions. LISTEN NOW at loom.ly/xOWTkP0. #schoolnutrition

Join forces with your colleagues and pledge through your @CommSharesWI workplace giving campaign to support us and the nearly 70 nonprofit members of Community Shares of Wisconsin advancing social and environmental justice in our community. More at communityshares.com

Impeccable timing: On Wednesday @MMSDschools students in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable program will munch on Mini Sweet Peppers as the first local food snack of the year, then Thursday they travel (virtually) to Driftless Organics where they grew! #schoolnutrition

We couldn't have asked for a better crew of volunteers to help carry out a successful Harvest Dinner at Yowela?talih^ Farms on Sunday. From lugging tables to scrubbing dishes to balancing bowls of smoked duck soup as rainclouds rolled overhead, you all rocked! #volunteershoutout

Today from 4-6pm, join Centro Hispano for an Evening of Dreaming about their future home complete with picnic, live music, and details on the project, "a safe, strong and sustainable home for the Latinx community in Dane County." Details at loom.ly/SZwyQ7Q

Thriving school lunch programs for our youth rely on the often invisible work of school nutrition professionals. Show your support for MMSD food workers by signing a petition that demanding fair wages at loom.ly/m2bB5T8! #schoolnutrition

Just over one week to go until the 2nd Annual Harvest Farm Dinner Yowela?talih^ Farms! Enjoy local and Indigenous ingredients on Sunday, September 25 by ordering tickets today at bit.ly/yowelafarms. Video by Emily Julka. #harvestfarmdinner

What could make this year's Harvest Farm Dinner even more of its time and place? Brix Cider of course! Find tickets for an evening honoring local foodways and celebrating community, accompanied by Brix hard cider at loom.ly/IxdaLX0. #harvestfarmdinner

Flashback to last year's Harvest Farm Dinner: we got to see what happens when local chefs share their passion for ingredients with guests right in the fields where they grow. You can still order tickets at loom.ly/IxdaLX0 and volunteer at loom.ly/ZKk1Izw.

A huge Labor Day shoutout to Food Service workers everywhere! Your efforts are often hidden behind the scenes, but you keep the machine running smoothly. #laborday

As university students flood back onto campus, consider that many of them may be food insecure. Learn more about the reality the modern student faces from the Food Tank at loom.ly/wQ6mhpo. #foodinsecurity

Tickets are still available for the 2nd annual Harvest Farm Dinner at Yowela?talih^ Farms near Stoughton on September 25! Visit loom.ly/IxdaLX0 to order today! #harvestfarmdinner