Working in collaboration with the out-of-school time field—both in person and digitally—is at the heart of everything we do. Our goal isn’t just to be a part of the conversation, but to actively listen, learn, and adapt based on your feedback and insights.
Grow your Garden with Farmer Steph 🪴
Start Show-Stopping Dahlias
Step into the world of gardening with Mizzen Education and Stephanie “Farmer Steph” McDonough! Live from her greenhouse in Maine, Farmer Steph, the creative force behind Farm to Table Kids, is here to inspire you to cultivate your green thumb!
📅 Date: May 14, 2025 ⏰ Time: 9:00 - 9:45 AM PST / 12:00-12:45 PM EST 📍 Location: Virtual, join from anywhere
Step into the world of gardening with Mizzen Education and Stephanie “Farmer Steph” McDonough! Live from her greenhouse in Maine, Farmer Steph, the creative force behind Farm to Table Kids, is here to inspire you to cultivate your green thumb!
Come one, come all! This workshop is open to everyone: educators, families, youth, and community members, with or without a Mizzen account.
Plus, enter our Dahlia Days Giveaway on Instagram and get a first look at the prizes!
📅 Date: May 14, 2025 ⏰ Time: 9:00 - 9:45 AM PST / 12:00-12:45 PM EST 📍 Location: Virtual, join from anywhere
Meet Farmer Steph
Stephanie McDonough
Stephanie McDonough—Farmer Steph—is a third-generation farmer, nationally recognized garden educator, curriculum creator, and founder of Farm to Table Kids (FTTK), an educational platform helping children discover what lights their hearts in nature through regenerative farming, farm-to-table cooking, and nature crafting.
The mission of Farm to Table Kids is simple yet powerful: to help children find their deep connection to the natural world—and discover how to shine as contributors to their communities. Whether through getting hands dirty with seedlings, weaving with natural materials, or cooking nourishing foods, FTTK encourages young learners to explore and amplify their gifts through nature-based learning.
Stephanie believes that life moves in seasons—and that one of the greatest gifts we can give children is a lifelong relationship with Nature. Nature offers a path back to balance and joy. Just like the seasons in the garden, life brings times of hardship and times of abundance—but through our connection with nature, we can always find our way back to balance, hope, and our best self.
In 2025, Farm to Table Kids proudly partnered with Mizzen Education to bring free, joyful, hands-on garden-based learning to educators and families nationwide. Through her lessons, Farmer Steph helps students grow not just plants, but confidence, resilience, creativity, and wonder.
Where's Mizzen?
Check out where we're heading next!
August 13 - August 14, 2025
Columbia, SC
Join Mizzen for two leadership focused workshops at South Carolina Afterschool Leaders Empowered (SCALE)'s PowerUp! Convening.
We'll be exploring how to cultivate youth leadership—and how to grow as leaders ourselves.
Join Mizzen CEO, Carlos Santini, + Foundations, Inc. for this free, virtual workshop exploring the power of personal and collective identity and how to elevate the role of belonging in community design.
Discover how leadership can emerge when staff and youth are empowered to show up fully, share boldly, and lead confidently—from wherever they stand.
Join Mizzen at our exhibit booth or one of our workshops at the Maine Out of School Time Conference, "Igniting Purpose: Leading with Professionalism, Presence, and Passion", an event intended to reignite passion in youth working professionals, provide skills to enhance high quality programming, and offer tools and resources that will inspire folks to create positive change.
Check back soon to see where Team Mizzen is headed next!
August 1 - August 2, 2025
Los Angeles, CA
Mizzen is thrilled to join After-School All-Stars, Los Angeles at their upcoming Back-to-School staff development days focusing on “The Power of Presence: Centering Youth, Centering Us”.
Team Mizzen will be leading workshops focused on Designing for Belonging.
Join Mizzen at our exhibit booth or one of our workshops at the Maine Out of School Time Conference, "Igniting Purpose: Leading with Professionalism, Presence, and Passion", an event intended to reignite passion in youth working professionals, provide skills to enhance high quality programming, and offer tools and resources that will inspire folks to create positive change.
Mizzen was thrilled to join After-School All-Stars, Los Angeles at their Back-to-School staff development days focusing on “The Power of Presence: Centering Youth, Centering Us”.
Team Mizzen lead workshops focused on Designing for Belonging at both the staff and youth levels.
Interested in Mizzen providing professional development for your team? Reach out using the form below!
May 14, 2025 Virtual
Live from her greenhouse in Maine, Farmer Steph, the creative force behind Farm to Table Kids, led us through an interactive, energizing, and deeply informational workshop!
🌱 From Gardening 101 to Dahlia tuber health to how to farm with kids, Steph covered it all!
Team Mizzen joined 250+ educators from 40+ communities of educators at Better Together: Lighting the Path Forward,Every Hour Count's 2025 conference, to Amplify Youth Voice & Partnerships, Shape the Future Through Policy & Advocacy, Connect & Innovate, and Unite for Greater Impact.
Mizzen and STEM Next teamed up to bring you the Bridging the Gap: Promoting Well-Being Between Early Childhood and Adolescence town hall to discuss new efforts to bring youth-serving systems together around collective well-being frameworks that leverage the latest developmental research.
NJSACC’s Annual Conference on Afterschool and Out-of-School Time (OST) celebrates long-term success in the evolving landscape of Afterschool, OST, S.T.E.A.M. and Expanded Learning. The conference, occurring in Princeton, NJ, features over 45 workshops aimed at improving the quality of afterschool and out-of-school time programs.
Join us at these upcoming events, where we can build connections, learn from each other, and grow collectively!
Want to Meet Team Mizzen?
At Mizzen, we firmly believe in the transformative power of collective creativity and innovation. This belief drives us to foster meaningful collaborations with the out-of-school time community, both online and in person.
Complete our request form if you'd like to see Team Mizzen at your next event, educator development day, conference, or workshop!
