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Oregon Farm to School Conference 2026
The next Oregon Farm to School & School Garden Conference is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 29 to Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, and will be held at the CH2M Hill Alumni Center in Corvallis. This gathering brings together the full farm‑to‑school community: educators, nutrition service professionals, school‑garden coordinators, local food producers, and nonprofit partners.
Get to Know House Bill 3365
Oregon educators (like yourself!) will be seeing significant updates to statewide academic standards with the passage of House Bill 3365, a new law that requires climate change instruction to be included when the state revises standards for the following subjects: science, health, history, geography, economics, and civics.
Reimagine Waste with BRING’s Student Product Design Challenge
Invite your students to tap into their creativity, resourcefulness, and sustainable thinking by designing projects made with secondhand materials at BRING’s Planet Improvement Center. Each individual or team that enters the challenge will receive $50 in Challenge Cash to spend on reclaimed and repurposed supplies.
