Farm Based

Farm To Child: Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona

The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona has three programs that help with school garden programs were we: install school and organization community gardens, host a train the trainer program to create leaders and change makers in low-income schools and communities to address hunger, health and community development. We envision communities and schools in Southern Arizona as places full of life, where gardens grow an abundance of food and leadership. Where students learn by getting their hands dirty to create clean healthy communities.

The Yisrael Family Urban Farm

The Yisrael Family Urban Farm serves the “at-promise” area of South Oak Park which is home to 90,000 people, designated as a primary funding area according to the California Endowment, Building Healthy Communities Initiative, a low-moderate income area according to HUD, and Promise Zone Designation according to HUD. In this area, 17% are food insecure, 46% have been utilizing food assistance programs for over 1 year, there is a 34% Poverty Rate and an 18% Unemployment Rate (California unemploment rate 6.3%).

SFUSD CTE Agriculture Pathways (Academy SF @ McAteer and Mission High Schools)

     We are applying as a team representing the Urban Agriculture Pathways within the Career Technical Education (CTE) Dept. of the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD).  CTE academies are high-school programs that integrate students learning in school with real-world opportunities to increase student motivation and achievement.  The innovative Urban Agriculture pathways are designed as 2 year sequential courses in 11th and 12th grade, and are one of a kind in California's urban areas.

Davis Farm to School

Founded in 2000, Davis Farm to School (DF2S) supports the Davis Joint Unified School District in their goals to provide farm and garden-based education, farm fresh foods in school meals, and to reduce solid waste through recycling and composting programs. In addition to our work with schools, we bring our message to the larger Davis community through community events and our close association with the Davis Farmers Market.

Local Food Alliance

Local Food Alliance (LFA) is a backbone organization - we coordinate and facilitate existing programs, organizations and efforts that share the goal of a resilient local food system. A key and critical component towards that end is farm to school food, not only for student health, self-esteem and performance (academic and athletic), but also for its positive impact upon community and local econonomy and the values it instills in our school children.

Mountain Roots Education

Our Mission: to enrich lives and build sustainable communities through hands-on experiences in gardens, farms and wild places. 

Sonoma School Garden Project

With a high perscentage of our school population being English learners and students on free or reduced lunches, we strive to help students learn where food comes from, how to grow it, how to prepare it, eat healthfully, feed their families healthy food, strive for good health and learning, and how to share what they learn and what they grow with others. We also introduce students to foods and vegetables new to them and their families.

Thornton Urban Farm Initiative

We teach students and community basic agricultural skills to insure democratic access to healthy food.

Sustainable Schools

The project Strengthening School Feeding Programs in the LAC Countries was created, aimed at strengthening the school feeding programs (SFP) in the region, through the implementation of sustainable SFP.

Ventura Unified School District: Healthy Schools Project

The Ventura Unified School District Healthy Schools Project (HSP) is the education arm of Food and Nutrition Service's Farm to School Program.  The HSP equips students in 13 high need schools to develop a healthy relationship with whole, local fruits and vegetables through hands-on and standards-aliged cooking, nutrition, farm and garden education.  In collaboration with Education Services, the HSP integrates edible education with Common Core and Next Generation Science, so that these programs can be easily integrated into school and after-school programs.

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