WANDA PARTNERS WITH NATIONAL FARM TO SCHOOL NETWORK

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — At a future when the people is on the lookout for answers that mix creativity and public affect, WANDA (Women Advancing Nutrition, Dietetics & Agriculture) and the National Farm to School Network (NFSN) announce a untouched partnership on the 10th National Farm to Cafeteria Conference in Albuquerque, Unutilized Mexico.

This while’s theme, “Rooted in Culture, Forward into the Future,” displays the guts of WANDA’s International—an edutainment universe that transforms meals schooling thru track, storytelling, and cultural discovery. Modest WANDA encourages early life to change into wholesome eaters, pleased readers, and assured leaders.

The partnership comes amid cuts to SNAP-Ed and Farm to College investment defined within the “Make America Healthy Again (MAHA)” report that threaten crucial move for greater than 25 million U.S. kids who depend on faculty foods and vitamin schooling.

Tambra Raye Stevenson, MPH, MA Founding father of WANDA, shared:
“Our partnership with the National Farm to School Network is about restoring the dignity, joy, and justice in how our children learn to love food. We’re giving our youngest learners the right to experience the fullness of farm-to-health: to know where their food comes from, to honor the hands that grow it, and to see themselves reflected in the stories, flavors, and traditions that nourish us. Every child deserves a joyful, culturally rooted food education and together, we’re planting that future.” 

Miguel Villareal, Intervening time Govt Director of NFSN, added:
“The National Farm to School Network is thrilled to partner with WANDA and bring Little WANDA’s dynamic storytelling to the National Farm to Cafeteria Conference. Together, we’re expanding what it means to nourish children connecting culture, community, and healthy food with the local farmers, food producers, and values-driven practices that ground our movement. This partnership lifts up the stories that inspire learning, leadership, and a deeper understanding of where our food comes from and why that matters.”

Convention attendees will step within WANDA’s International, the place veggies have personalities, drums leave vitamin beats, and a fearless champion turns each and every chunk right into a farm-to-health journey. The workshop unveils school room revel in of WANDA the usage of track to spice up recall, storytelling to extend meals interest, and content material that strengthens kids’s sense of belonging. Via rhythm, character-driven play games, and heritage meals, kids shift from “I don’t like that!” to “Ooooh, what’s THAT?”

WANDA’s show off brings this universe to future, inviting early life to discover how Modest WANDA’s adventures can get better farm-to-health literacy and aid social-emotional finding out.

SOURCE WANDA: Girls Advancing Diet Dietetics and Agriculture