How Metro Detroit schools are managing safety and concerns
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It’s a phone call that no parent wants to receive a confirmed case of coronavirus is at their child’s school.
George Mathis said he’s glad he received that call. While his son is currently quarantined and that is unnerving, Mathis said he’s satisfied with how the Fraser Public School District is handing COVID for students in face-to-face learning.
Jennifer Payne sees it a little differently for her son, who is a senior in the district.
“I’m starting to get frustrated,” Payne said. “The number of quarantines is increasing.”
03 March 2021
Type Event Proceeding
On a recent Farm Business Options webinar which took place on Tuesday, 2nd March 2021, host Barry Caslin, Teagasc was joined by Helen Doherty, Social Farming Ireland, to outline what anyone considering running a Social Farm enterprise needs to know.
Two social dairy farmers, John Murphy from Kildinan, Co. Cork and Jennifer Payne from Tulsk, Co. Roscommon also joined the webinar to give an insight into their experiences to date.
A Q&A session took place at the end of the webinar.
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February 18, 2021 · 0 Comments
By ALYSSA PARKHILL
Initiative Reporter
A local program is providing healthy and local meals for students through various programs in the community of Dufferin and Caledon.
The Headwaters Local Food Club is one of the Headwaters Food and Farming Alliance’s (HFFA) Farm to School programs. Parents as well as staff can sign up for a membership which will allow them to receive a “meal-in-a-bag”, which are delivered to the students at their school for them to take home.
HFFA is supported through their registered charity, Headwaters Communities in Action.
All meals are locally sourced from different distributors in the Headwaters region.
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Media release: Local councils connect Scottish businesses to public contract opportunities through Supplier Development Programme
ABERDEEN City Council, Aberdeenshire Council and Highland Council Shared Procurement Service have announced an initiative for local businesses looking for a new path to market in 2021.
Each year, £11bn is spent in Scotland’s public sector on goods, works and services, and the Shared Procurement Service wants to engage with local businesses to deliver a share of upcoming contracts.
The three councils have teamed up with the Supplier Development Programme (SDP), a free business support service that offers tender training and advice to Scottish micro, small and medium-sized businesses.