Garden Classrooms

Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: Successful implementation of this proposed project will result in the institutionalization of a farm to school program; increased knowledge as a result of information dissemination efforts, regional conferences, and educational booths at local farmers’ markets; and, an increase of at least five school districts (over a current baseline of zero) utilizing small to mid-sized Mississippi farmers for fruit and vegetable purchases.

The New York Botanical Garden

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: The New York Botanical Garden, in collaboration with Leave It Better, proposes an education and procurement project to benefit 12 public and charter schools in New York City. The project will test a holistic school gardening model that integrates school gardening activities with hands‐on workshops in the New York Botanical Garden’s Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden and Greenmarket.

Sweetwater Union High School Farm to School Program

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: Sweetwater Union High School serves over 41,000 students in grades 7-12 across four cities in San Diego County. Over 90% of students represent an ethnic minority, and over 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced lunch programs. With other one-third of students overweight or obese, we are in severe need of improving our school nutrition programs.

Rural Southwest Virginia Farm to School Program

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: A combination of project activities will expand the existing network and programs to all schools in Floyd County, Virginia, and develop and implement promotional campaigns in support of farm to school initiatives while creating a model for rural communities that face particular challenges in food procurement and experiential food‐based education.

Springfield Public Schools Farm to School Program

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: Our farm to school enhancement project seeks to increase Springfield Public School students’ access to and understanding of the need for nutritious foods. The first part of the project will focus on increasing purchase of fresh, regionally grown, minimally processed produce for students’ consumption from the current 12% to 20% of total annual food costs.

Students Eating Locally Project

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: The South Euclid Lyndhurst Project Chyahoga County's first farm to school program will continue to make the healthy choice the easy choice for students in the South Euclid Lyndhurst School District. Over 24 months, the South Euclid Lyndhurst Project will continue to increase the quality and variety of locally procured offerings; establish new procurement methods; assist with capital investment in kitchen infrastructure needs; and launch a social marketing campaign.

Somerville Public Schools Farm to School Program

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: Somerville Public Schools will implement a grant to benefit nearly 5,000 students in a richly diverse community. Somerville is a dense urban city adjacent to Boston, with a population of 75,754 residents packed into 4.1 square miles.

Local Food Access Team

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: The overarching goal of our project is to craft policy of incorporating local foods district wide that will be accepted through all levels of the school district while being compatible with food distributors. It is imperative that we start at the beginning by creating a complete plan that becomes accepted policy instead of just trying to haphazardly add local foods here and there.

Farm2Five

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties proposes to implement a farm to school program over two years to create new, robust farm to school projects in seven schools in our district.

Alachua Farm to School Program

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: Alachua County Public Schools seeks to increase the amount of locally produced foods served in school meals, and to expand nutrition and wellness curriculum through support from a Farm to School Planning Grant. In developing a comprehensive farm to school program, Alachua County Public Schools will focus on high need Title I elementary schools.

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