​Another summer has sailed by and children across the metro have all settled into their new classrooms. Yes, it is hard to believe it’s October,  and for those of us at KC Healthy Kids and for area schools that participate in our Farm to School Program, October, is also Farm to School month. 

Rachael McGinnis Millsap, Farm to School Academy director, has begun managing daily operations at Splitlog Farm in Kansas City, Kansas. 

Rachael McGinnis Millsap, Farm to School Academy director, has begun managing daily operations at Splitlog Farm in Kansas City, Kansas. 

KC Healthy Kids recognized Splitlog Farm with the  2018 Champions for Health Award at the Champions for Healthy Youth Summit yesterday.

​Our Ultimate Eat Local Recipe Challenge gives young cooks a chance to shine. Last year’s challenge winner, fifth-grader Aubrey Bass, sat down with Rachael McGinnis Millsap for a chat about food, family and fun. Aubrey shopped at Drumm Farm for ingredients for her winning Chef Salad. She also entered recipes for Veggies with Ranch, Nutella Berries and Apple Sandwich. We can’t wait to see what she comes up with for this year’s contest! 

Chef Chris Williams brings 30 years’ worth of cooking, gardening and teaching expertise to the Farm to School Academy’s mix of culinary training for school cooks and “Tasting Local” events for students.

Guest blogger Judith Fertig is an Overland Park-based writer of food and lifestyle stories, cookbooks, and food-based novels. Check out her work at www.judithfertig.com. ​

It’s the face off of the year, folks! Kids and veggies mixing it up in the kitchen. It doesn’t get any better than this!

​Two fifth graders are cooking up change with their winning entries to KC Healthy Kids’ Ultimate Eat Local Recipe Challenge. Their recipes will be featured at the I Am Here Awards tomorrow and will be incorporated into school lunch menus across the metro area, thanks to school food service partners in our Farm to School Academy.