Poudre School District Announces 5th Future Friday Event
Food Matters Day for PSD students September 13th
Poudre School District (PSD) presents Future Friday on September 13th. Future Friday, now in its fifth year, is a day dedicated to Sustainability topics and concepts for all students from Fort Collins area schools from kindergarten through twelfth grade. Future Friday is presented the day before the annual Sustainable Living Fair and is promoted with the hope that students and their families will attend the fair activities throughout the weekend.
Future Friday is an opportunity to connect students with their food, local farmers and producers. Every child must eat, so food is an excellent way to teach sustainability.
Future Friday will facilitate the pairing of local farmers, chefs and sustainability experts with local schools as well as provide field trip opportunities for several schools to visit regional farms. Gardening activities and food source curriculum will be presented throughout the week. The PSD Child Nutrition Department (CNS) will feature several seasonal local and organic produce items on salad and fresh bars in all cafeterias and will offer ‘scratch cooked’ entrees featuring local produce throughout the week and on Future Friday as well.