Community-Based+Learning+Opportunities

Community-Based Learning Opportunities

 * __2011 Access to food agency contact list:__**

__**21st Century Foods:**__ Rudy 617-522-7595 tofu/tempeh/wine maker in the Brewery building on Amory St. in JP

__**AAA Appliance:**__ 769 Centre St Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 (617) 522-4020
 * Provided large refrigerator box for chicks

__**Belkin Lookout Farm**__ Belkin Lookout Farm 89 Pleasant St. South South Natick, MA 01760 Contact Person: Kristen 508-651-1539 ext. 10 http://www.lookoutfarm.com/
 * First field trip (orchard trip)
 * Negotiate much cheaper entrance fee with education coordinator
 * Sort of carnival-like place (with petting zoo, small climbing wall, silly train to ride on), but the hands-on picking apples and peaches was great. Content on what happens to the fruit after it is picked was weak.

207 Arnold St. Wrentham, MA 508-384-3055 Contact Person: Peg http://www.thebigapplefarm.com/
 * __Big Apple Orchard__**
 * Great field trip to learn what happens as apples go from tree to store
 * We have been going for years and they work hard to accommodate us
 * Usually we can arrange to talk to some of the migrant farmworkers on their lunch break (from Jamaica)
 * We don't get to pick apples when we are there (the one draw-back)
 * They did not do tours in fall 2006 so you have to call to see if they are doing them; use Belkin Lookout Farm as an alternative

__**Boston Pretzel**__ Linda 617-522-9494
 * Runs pretzel-making company in the Brewery building on Amory St. in JP
 * Fruits, vegetables, and grains study group took a field trip there

__**Brookview House**__ Contact person: Mayumi Brooks email: mbrooks@brookviewhouse.org

2 Brookview St., Dorchester, MA

__**Brynmore Williams**__ Local beekeeper (came to visit in Fall 2008) email: brynmore@gmail.com cell: 617-216-2554 He made a documentary on bees, which he showed to the kids. Here's the link to the film. http://www.vimeo.com/627218

Carlson Orchards 115 Oak Hill Rd. Harvard, MA 01451 800-286-3916 Contact person: Maureen Turcotte, msturcotte@charter.net
 * __Carlson Orchard____s:__**
 * __[|http://www.carlsonorchards.com/]__**

PO Box 917 (2-8 Bowdoin St. is their street address) Dorchester, MA 02124 Phone: 617-288-5155 Fax: 617-287-2807 [|http://www.cityfreshfoods.com] info@cityfreshfoods.com Contact Person: Glynn Lloyd glloyd@cityfresh.com Asia Khan akhan@cityfresh.com
 * City Fresh Foods**
 * City Fresh study group went on field trip to see how City Fresh works to provide healthy food. Excellent tour.

Boston Nature Center 500 Walk Hill St. Mattapan, MA 02126 Contact person: Jim Clark 617-983-8500, ext. 6911
 * Clark Cooper Community Gardens**
 * One study group went to visit and had a tour from Jim

Adam Seigal, contact person aseigal@servings.org
 * Community Servings**

community nutritionist, Lauren Johnson, can talk about nutrition to kids

781-259-2220 208 South Great Road Lincoln, MA 01773 http://www.massaudubon.org/Nature_Connection/Sanctuaries/Drumlin_Farm/index.php Contact Person: Robin Stuart rstuart@massaudubon.org
 * Drumlin Farm:**
 * Field trip as an initial spark experience
 * Dairy group field trip to milk cows, do farm chores, and make butter
 * Get "scholarship" for decreased entry fee (fill out application from Robin)

555 Dudley St. Dorchester, MA 02125 Contact person: Bob Burns 617-442-1322 x. 15 rburns@thefoodproject.org www.thefoodproject.org
 * Food Project**
 * One study group went to visit and had a good tour

__508-823-6604__ __Contact Person: Jonh Hastie and Bettina__ __jhastie1@earthlink.net__
 * Fiddlehead Farm:**
 * Provided eggs to incubate, chick food and feeder (they came to us!)
 * Chicks were given to the farm after a couple of weeks
 * Returned in springtime with adult chicken so kids could see "our chicks" all grown up
 * Guest speaker?

__[|www.gbfb.org]__ The Greater Boston Food Bank 99 Atkinson Street Boston, MA 02118 Contact Person: Amy Cooper __acooper@gbfb.org__ __617-598-5030__
 * Greater Boston Food Bank**
 * Study group for shelter/access to food part of unit visited the food bank
 * Guest speaker came to talk to grades K-2 about the food bank and hunger

//Soup Kitchen:// 23 Dartmouth St. Boston, MA 02116 617-236-8132 Contact Person: Sister Linda cell phone: 781-367-2098 //Cafe:// 12 Dade St. Roxbury, MA 02119 617-445-0900 didi@haleyhouse.org (Didi Emmons) __[| www.haleyhouse.org]__
 * Haley House**
 * Visited and got to tour the site as well as help with the preparations of their lunch
 * In 2013, will have a short tour, do a little work in the garden, maybe sweep up the yard. Lunch guests will not be there when the children are there.
 * One study group went to visit. Excellent tour if Didi is available.

570 American Legion Hwy Roslindale, MA 02131 Contact Person: Suzanne Brown, first grade teacher 617-259-8638
 * Haley School:**
 * In the past, borrowed automatic egg turner Suzanne
 * Good place-based teaching / sharing opportunity

Farm Coodinator, _? farm Jean -Claude Bourrut SOS Farm Coordinator 617 534 2526 x304 (W) 617 983 1417 (H) 617-983-1417 (home)
 * Jean-Claude Bourrut**
 * |||| Jcaime2@aol.com ||
 * bee-keeper who has hives at Boston Nature Center
 * has not come out to our school ever, but put us in touch with Mike Graney (see below)

2-6 Leland St. Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 Walking directions from school: Take a left on Wachusett St. from YA. Walk up hill and pass the playground and park on your right. Take a right on the dirt road right after the playing field and go left. A little hard to find. The bee hives are in there on the left but you have to look around for them.
 * Leland Community Gardens**:
 * Bee study group walked to garden to observe honeybee hive and flowers

beekeeper 617-633-0235 (cell) email: m.graney@comcast.net Globe article about him: [|http://www.boston.com/news /local/articles/2006/10/01/in _the_yard_on_the_roof_151 _keeping_the_bees/]
 * Mike Graney**
 * Came to school as visiting expert, brought beekeeping tools, outfit, materials, etc.
 * Good with kids

617-522-0205 (home) 617-909-0048 (cell) emai: margaretconnors@comcast.net
 * Margaret Conners**
 * Family member of students at YA
 * Consultation on chicken incubation and brooding process
 * Borrowed incubator, waterer, and chicken books
 * Brought in adult chicken for student observations
 * Other information and support on gardening, farms, healthy food, etc.

P.O. Box 220648 Boston, MA 02122 http://fobh.org/what/farm.php Contact Person: Marie Sullivan, Outreach Coordinator marie_sullivan@bphc.org 617-534-2526 ext. 308
 * The Farm at Long Island Shelter**
 * Came to YA to do an introductory talk about homelessness (good with kids, parts of the talk were a little over their heads, had to sit too long, but worth it -- gets into stereotypes with them)
 * Long Island Farm study group went on a field trip to visit the farm/shelter. Excellent field trip.

38 Fabyan St. Dorchester, MA 02124 http://www.vpi.org/Re-VisionFarm/ Contact Person: Matt Kochka (Farm Manager) mkochka@vpi.org (617) 825-8642 ext. 15
 * ReVision House Urban Farm**
 * "Spark" field trip for shelter part of unit for whole first grade
 * Their resident interns do a tour of all parts of the shelter -- very well done. They speak well to children.

85 Rockland St. Roxbury, MA 02119 617-442-0590 (work) 908-347-8501 (cell) Contact Person: Cate Ollwerther, Child Advocate cate.ollwerther@gmail.com
 * Soujourner House**
 * Sojourner House study group took a field trip there. Got to write letters to kids who live at the shelter.

__Brookside Community Health Center__ __3297 Washington St.__ __Jamaica Plain, MA 02130__ __**Add in phone number**__ __Contact Person: Maria Dievler__ __mdievler@partners.org__
 * Women, Infants, and Childen (WIC)**

67 Newbury St. Boston, MA 02116 [] Contact Person: Lisa Brown, Volunteer Coordinator (or whoever the current volunteer coodinator is -- you can find this on their website. lisab@womenslunchplace.org (617) 267-1722 ext.16
 * Women's Lunch Place**__
 * We took a tour of the center and their resources and ate lunch with the women there