Education

New Leaf Foods sponsors and promotes educational programs and conferences on nutrition, food preparation, diverse healthy cuisines, growing healthy foods, sustainable agriculture, and regenerative food and farm systems. We believe health education on food and the environment provides opportunities for a better future. Below you will find free educational class and workshop providers for sustainability, gardening, and other environmental topics. You will also find accredited educational programs and degrees around the Green Bay area. Please reach out to the colleges for the most recent information.

Join the Food Sovereignty and the Environment Rountable!

Everyone deserves access to healthy, sustainably grown, and culturally appropriate food. As it stands currently, these three fundamental pillars of food are treated as privledges when they should be rights. That is the founding principle behind the idea of food sovereignty and the topic of our 2nd annual round table discussion.

Change only happens when we come together and and take action collectively instead of individually. At the Food Sovereignty and the Environment Roundtable you’ll have the chance to connect with several different organizations invested in this cause. New Leaf Foods, Citizens’ Climate Lobby, S.L.O Farmer’s Co-Op, Inspired North, UW-Madison Extension, Brown County, and Valentine Gardens will all be coming together discuss what actions we can take to make a difference and sharing our expertise.

If you’d like to help shape the future of food here in Brown County, sign up today. Admission is $5 or $20 with lunch catered by Off the Trail. If finances are a serious barrier preventing you from attending this event, contact info@newleaffoods.org

The Whole Wheat Story in Four Courses

The Whole Wheat Story in Four Courses was a series of talks hosted at the Brown County Central Library in June of 2026 and marked the beginning of New Leaf Foods’ newest project: Food For Health. The talks were given by PHD biologist Vicki Medland and registered dietician Michelle Nowak. The talks were open to the public and free so anyone could come in and learn more about food science and history. However even if you missed the live talks you can still learn from these two experts shared in our video recordings of the classes.

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Seeds of Culture: How Wheat Shaped Our History

Learn about how early Neolithic humans began to cultivate grains, and how that process shaped the development of civilization as we know it.

Know Your Wheat: Choosing The Right Grain For Every Use

What’s inside a grain? In this talk you’ll learn about the scientific makeup of different grains and what that means for you when you bake with them.

Wheat and Wellness: Understanding Its Nutritional Power

Are grains good or bad for you? How do carbohydrates effect our bodies? In this talk you’ll learn how grains effect your body from a nutritional standpoint and how you can make them healthier.

From Seed to Table: The art of Cooking With Wheat

Looking to expand your cooking horizons? Then this talk is for you. Here you’ll learn about a plethora of great new healthy recipes that you can try.

2025 Food, Climate, & Policy Roundtable

June 14, 2025 New Leaf Foods participated in the Food, Climate and Policy Roundtable at NWTC’s Energy Education Center with FoodWIse, Green Bay Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Clean Water Action Council, and NWTC’s Sustainable Food & Agricultural Program. Two questions were how climate change impacts our food system and what we can do as consumers and citizens to help.

Read the Wrap Up Report