MA Fresh - Farm to School - Boys and Girls Club of Greater Westfield by

Apple picking at Kosinski's Farm

bhague12 — 2025-11-12 20:13:55 UTC

Isabella is enjoying a sweet, delicious apple that she picked right from the tree!

Picture break!

bhague12 — 2025-11-12 20:15:48 UTC

Miss Britt, our preschool director, and her daughter Aubrielle take a break from picking apples for a quick picture!

Finding the best one!🍎

bhague12 — 2025-11-12 20:17:19 UTC

Kaiden looks for the best apple to pick from the tree and add to his bag to take home!

Family time

bhague12 — 2025-11-12 20:20:09 UTC

Ava's mom and dad were able to chaperone and join us on our field trip! We had the perfect day with great weather!

Extra treats!

bhague12 — 2025-11-12 20:26:06 UTC

We got to bring home a sugar pumpkin and some farm fresh homemade apple cider donuts, as well as the bag of apples we picked!

Mini Apple Pies

bhague12 — 2025-11-13 14:38:31 UTC

Bodhi and our Caterpillar classroom made mini apple pies with apples, oats, brown sugar, butter, and graham cracker crusts! They gave off the most delicious smell! 🍏

English Muffin Pizzas

bhague12 — 2025-11-13 14:42:41 UTC

Zayden looks like a professional chef, as our Chrysalis classroom make English muffin pizzas using a half of an English muffin, marinara sauce, shredded mozzarella cheese, and topped with pepperoni if they chose! They baked them and enjoyed them for lunch! 🍕

Chocolate Chip Banana Oat Muffins

bhague12 — 2025-11-13 14:47:27 UTC

Isaiah in our Butterfly classroom making some delicious, healthy muffins! The kids cut up the bananas, measured and poured the oats, sprinkled the chocolate chips over the top and baked in the oven! The kids enjoyed them for snack time! 🍌

Acorn Squash

bhague12 — 2025-11-13 14:49:37 UTC

Miss Kim, our food program director, baked up a delicious recipe for acorn squash for all the kids to try! It was a big hit for Henry!

Butternut Squash

bhague12 — 2025-11-13 14:51:54 UTC

The kids enjoyed a savory butternut squash recipe! Noah said it tasted like "potatoes at breakfast time".

Sharing with families!

bhague12 — 2025-11-13 14:53:47 UTC

We were able to share our leftover crops with our families! They were very excited! Some wanted to make a warm, Fall soup! We shared the sweet and savory recipes that we used for our taste testing as well!

Tomato plants 🍅

bhague12 — 2025-11-13 14:56:08 UTC

Isidro picking some of the tomatoes his classroom grew! The kids share them with the school, their families, or enjoy them for snack!

Seed starters 🌱

bhague12 — 2025-11-13 14:59:22 UTC

Levi helping with the start-up process for our brand new indoor hydroponic gardens! The kids soaked the pods, added various seeds, and are excited to watch as their herbs, veggies and fruits start to grow!

Outdoor bulb planting 🌷

bhague12 — 2025-11-13 15:02:11 UTC

Genevieve helps her classroom get their brand-new outdoor garden bed ready for their bulbs. They will plant them before the winter and hope for beautiful flowers in the spring!

"Cornbread Carl"

bhague12 — 2025-11-13 15:32:42 UTC

Our friends Jarmiellyse and Ethan are helping their classroom stuff hay into their scarecrow! They named him Cornbread Carl! We displayed him outside to share with families.

"Farmer Charlie"

bhague12 — 2025-11-13 15:38:13 UTC

Our friend Demitrious helping stuff hay into their classroom scarecrow! They named him "Farmer Charlie".

Seasoned veggies & homemade ranch dip 🥕

bhague12 — 2025-11-13 16:58:19 UTC

Our Caterpillar classroom cut up fresh veggies and seasoned them. They also made a homemade ranch veggie dip. This was a delicious snack they all enjoyed!

Pear mini pies

bhague12 — 2025-11-13 17:01:21 UTC

Danny measured out some cool whip to give his pear mini pie a sweet topping! 🍐

Homemade sugar cookies

bhague12 — 2025-11-13 17:04:54 UTC

Our Chrysalis classroom made their own dough, rolled it out, used cookie cutters, and baked their cookies in the oven! They got to decorate them before enjoying for a sweet afternoon snack.

Homemade frosting

bhague12 — 2025-11-14 15:55:00 UTC

On Halloween, Sunnie helped her Butterfly classroom make homemade frosting. They then used it to decorate festive cookies for a special treat! 👻🎃

Trail Mix

bhague12 — 2025-11-14 15:58:53 UTC

Donshae doing the final mix on her classroom's special trail mix they made! They used pretzels, mini marshmallows, sunflower seeds, craisins, Chex, and Cheerios!

Pear applesauce 🍐

bhague12 — 2025-11-26 18:50:39 UTC

Our Chrysalis room made pear applesauce to share with families at our Annual Thanksgiving Dinner!

Raspberry applesauce

bhague12 — 2025-11-26 18:51:55 UTC

Our Butterfly room made homemade sugar free raspberry applesauce to share with families at our Annual Thanksgiving Dinner!

Strawberry applesauce 🍓

bhague12 — 2025-11-26 18:52:57 UTC

Our Caterpillar classroom made homemade strawberry applesauce to share with families at our Annual Thanksgiving Dinner!

November family engagement 🍂

bhague12 — 2025-11-26 18:59:13 UTC

Our teachers help families decorate pumpkins at our family engagement, to make centerpieces for their Thanksgiving dinner table! 🦃

Frozen yogurt fruit bark

bhague12 — 2025-12-09 23:16:08 UTC

Avery is proud of her cutting skills after she finished chopping blueberries and strawberries to add to their yogurt!

Carrot cake cupcakes

bhague12 — 2025-12-09 23:21:43 UTC

Ariana mixes and pours all the ingredients in the bowl! She is using her new skills to grate the carrots to add in to their cake mixture! 🥕

Chocolate chip banana bread muffins

bhague12 — 2025-12-09 23:25:55 UTC

Alessia and our classroom elves were excited for a baking day! They made mini chocolate chip banana bread muffins! They were yummy! 🍌🍫

Fresh fruit Jello cups

bhague12 — 2025-12-10 16:44:15 UTC

Madelyn is cutting up her fresh strawberries to add to the different flavored Jello cups. For snack they will enjoy them with a spoonful of Cool Whip! 🍓🫐

Frozen peanut butter bananas

bhague12 — 2025-12-10 16:49:12 UTC

Bryson is helping with all the steps! He helped make homemade peanut butter, melt the chocolate, dice up the strawberries, and dip the bananas! After they froze, the kiddos enjoyed them for an afternoon snack!

Homemade strawberry jam

bhague12 — 2025-12-10 16:51:23 UTC

Catalina helped dice up the strawberries to add into the crock pot for their jam! After letting it cook for 5 hours, they were able to enjoy it on a piece of wheat toast, as well as adding some of the syrup into lemonade to create a strawberry lemonade! 🍓🍋

Frosted carrot & cranberry cake

bhague12 — 2025-12-11 16:11:51 UTC

Jahnye tried her cake for today's taste test! She said "this is delicious!"

Maple herb roasted carrots

bhague12 — 2025-12-11 16:13:19 UTC

Morgan tried his delicious herb roasted carrots and cranberries for our Harvest of the Month taste test! He said they were "not too bad." 🥕

Recipes for at home! 🥕

bhague12 — 2025-12-11 16:18:23 UTC

We sent home both recipes that Miss Kim made for our Harvest of the Month taste test. We hope families are able to enjoy making them together as well!

Mexican street corn

bhague12 — 2025-12-17 16:15:53 UTC

Roman helps chop the cilantro, drain and dump the corn, and mix all the ingredients together! They enjoyed their creation for snack time with some tortilla rounds! 🌽

Taco bowls!

bhague12 — 2025-12-17 16:18:48 UTC

Aubrielle chops up the tomatoes to add to the delicious ingredients for a taco bowl! The Chrysalis class also chopped lettuce, cook and strained the ground beef, and shredded their own cheddar cheese! They enjoyed their yummy treat with their lunch. 🌮

Banana Snowmen

bhague12 — 2025-12-22 17:05:18 UTC

Zack creates his own snowman from bananas, raspberries, mini chocolate chips and pretzel sticks! He enjoys his yummy, healthy, winter snack! ☃️

Cranberry cake

bhague12 — 2025-12-22 17:13:15 UTC

Oliver helps his class mix and measure their ingredients for their cake mix! They add fresh, whole cranberries to the mix for a tart treat! They made a homemade glaze to go on top!

Chewy Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

bhague12 — 2026-01-21 21:10:31 UTC

Adele helps blend the mixture for their cookies. She needed to use her muscles for this task!

Apple Crisp 🍎

bhague12 — 2026-01-21 21:12:54 UTC

Konstantin helps chop the apples, mix and measure the ingredients for the yummy apple crisp! He was so excited for it to be done!

Baked macaroni and Cheese 🧀

bhague12 — 2026-01-21 21:15:03 UTC

Madelyn was a big helper with her classroom homemade baked mac and cheese! She helped measure, mix and blend all the ingredients together. She tried it at lunch time and said it was yummy!

Make your own pizzas 🍕

bhague12 — 2026-01-21 21:17:19 UTC

Cameron had so much fun rolling out the dough, choosing his toppings and creating his own pizza! He chose sauce, mozzarella cheese, and pepperoni!

Vegetable Soup 🥔🥕🫛

bhague12 — 2026-01-23 17:31:25 UTC

Mikael is adding his veggies to the big bowl after he prepared them for their soup! He chopped celery, potatoes, green beans, and carrots.

Pasta salad

bhague12 — 2026-01-27 17:26:43 UTC

JJ works hard to cut up the tomatoes to add into their pasta salad! His class used tri-color rotini pasta, tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, peppers, and Italian dressing.

Stuffed shells

bhague12 — 2026-01-27 17:28:21 UTC

The Chrysalis classroom worked hard to create delicious stuffed shells with mozzarella cheese, ricotta cheese, pasta sauce, and fresh parsley. The children each got their own tin that they made!

Cucumbers 🥒

bhague12 — 2026-07-17 16:23:02 UTC

Danny was so excited about the cucumbers his classroom grew, he couldn't even wait until he got home to bite right in!

Cream of the Crop Farm🚜

bhague12 — 2026-07-17 16:29:00 UTC

A local farm, Cream of the Crop, was able to share some local, homemade items with us to share with our families! Each family member received a dozen farm fresh eggs, and homemade maple syrup! They also gave us a variety of delicious cheeses to try!

Maple syrup 🍁

bhague12 — 2026-07-17 16:30:34 UTC

Naomi enjoyed her maple syrup from Cream of the Crop on top of her pancakes, for her family's breakfast for dinner! 🥞

Strawberry salad 🍓

bhague12 — 2026-07-17 17:49:39 UTC

We were able to get some fresh picked strawberries from Kosinski's farm to add to our strawberry, greens, feta cheese, and roasted chickpeas salad, with homemade vinegarette salad dressing by Miss Kim. 🥗

French Toast

bhague12 — 2026-07-17 18:13:49 UTC

Harrison cut up fresh strawberries to add to his French Toast that his classroom made. There were also fresh blueberries, powdered sugar and maple syrup!

Fresh fruit juice

bhague12 — 2026-07-17 18:21:09 UTC

JJ had fun using fruits such as strawberries, pineapples, and blueberries in the juicer to create his own juice!

Chicken Noodle Soup

bhague12 — 2026-07-17 18:25:51 UTC

Lulu diced up celery and carrots to add into their homemade chicken noodle soup! Everyone could smell how delicious it was all the way down the hallways! 🍲

Acai Bowls

bhague12 — 2026-07-17 18:28:37 UTC

The Butterfly classroom got to try some new flavors such as acai and coconut flakes and created their own healthy bowls with fresh fruit and toppings!

Apple Nachos

bhague12 — 2026-07-17 18:33:32 UTC

Imogen carefully cut up her apples into slices. She drizzled honey and sprinkled cinnamon and sugar onto them to make a yummy, sweet treat! 🍎

Fruit & Yogurt parfaits 🍌🍓🫐

bhague12 — 2026-07-17 18:38:03 UTC

Our Caterpillar classroom created their own fresh fruit and vanilla yogurt parfaits. They cut up their own fruit and scooped their own yogurt! It was very delicious!

Eggplant parmesan 🍆

bhague12 — 2026-07-17 18:42:53 UTC

The Butterfly classroom tried something new, eggplant! They created their own healthier version of lasagna, using eggplant in place of the noodles! It came out really good, and a lot of friends tried it!

Plant share! 🌱

bhague12 — 2026-07-17 18:46:35 UTC

The Caterpillar room took some of their plant starters and shared with our preschool families! Tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers! 🍅🥒🫑

Firefly Fields! 🐐

bhague12 — 2026-07-17 19:06:53 UTC

Genevieve made some new goat friends at the farm!

Daisy Mae, the baby cow! 🐮

bhague12 — 2026-07-17 19:08:12 UTC

Miss Chelsea and her friends enjoyed petting baby Daisy. She was so sweet!

Baby goat!

bhague12 — 2026-07-17 19:15:56 UTC

Miss Rachel made a new friend that followed her around the farm!

Velveteen Bunny 🐇

bhague12 — 2026-07-17 19:17:33 UTC

Aubrielle gave the bunny some soft, gentle rubs! She was as soft as velvet!

Potbelly Pigs 🐷

bhague12 — 2026-07-17 19:20:19 UTC

Miss Maddie and her friends fed the two pigs leaves from the tree! 🌿

Smelling the flowers 🌼

bhague12 — 2026-07-17 19:21:54 UTC

Jahnye smelling the marigolds that her classroom grew from seed!

So many cucumbers!

bhague12 — 2026-07-17 19:23:39 UTC

Sunnie, Avery and Genevieve show off their cucumbers they grew in their outdoor gardens!

Cucumber overload!

bhague12 — 2026-07-17 19:25:02 UTC

Isaiah is excited he found three cucumbers in the garden!

Sunflowers! 🌻

bhague12 — 2026-08-17 15:40:27 UTC

Our Caterpillar friends show off one of their sunflowers they grew! It is so beautiful and they are very proud!!