Upper Elementary

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2013 USDA Farm to School Program grant: To increase access to and consumption of healthy local food in low‐income schools in the Greater Kansas City area and to educate school administrators and staff, teachers, children, parents and other stakeholders on the benefits of F2S.

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2013 USDA Farm to School Program grant: To expand student and community engagement through farm field trips, experiential learning opportunities, and community dinners, and also build cafeteria staff capacity through culinary training.

Greeley-Evans School District 6 began its Farm to School program in 2007, when the District purchased one crop of cherry tomatoes for $239. Since then, with the assistance of numerous grants, including the USDA's Farm to School Grant, the program has expanded to other fruits, vegetables, dairy, and even meat and poultry items. Today, about 80% of our lunches are prepared from scratch in our Central Production Kitchen (CPK), and around 25% of our food purchases are local, with the rate of local food purchases increasing each year.

Gardeneers cultivates customized school garden programs to ensure that each space and the students and communities who care for it connect with healthy food and grow to their full potential.

Founded in 2014, Gardeneers provides garden education programming with students in 25 schools in Chicago. We focus on schools in low income, food desert communities where there is a lack of access to fresh, healthy food.