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Northeast Iowa Farm to School Program

The Northeast Iowa Food & Fitness Initiative (FFI) has brought people in Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Howard and Winneshiek counties together to make our region a place where every day, all people have access to healthy, locally grown foods and abundant opportunities for physical activity in the places where we live, learn, work and play. The Northeast Iowa FFI partners with Luther College's Environmental Studies Department to house FoodCorps members. 

Farm to School Coalition of North Carolina

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: This project will demonstrate collaboration between schools, government agencies, nongovernmental and community based organizations, agricultural producer groups, and countless other community partners through a strong statewide coalition. Funding will support the Farm to School Coalition of NC in developing partnerships and conducting statewide planning and operations related to farm to school efforts.

Montana Regional Farm to School Project

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: The project includes: the creation of a farm to school coordinating committee in each community that meets monthly and builds on collaboration; ongoing implementation of nutrition education and garden‐based curriculum (with partner FoodCorps and participating teachers); technical assistance for districts’ food service professionals about preparing local foods to meet school nutrition guidelines (with partner Montana Team Nutrition); and an annual technical training for regio

Modesto City Schools Farm to School

Modesto City Schools implemented a district-wide farm to school program aimed at increasing the quantity and variety of local and regional food items in school meals. We received an Implementation Grant from the 2014 USDA Farm to School Program.

Farm to School on the Choctaw Reservation

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (a federally‐recognized Indian tribe) operates the largest unified reservation school system in the United States with 2,194 students. There are six elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. Per the National Center for Health Statistics Guidelines, 19.8% in the age 2‐18 cohort are considered overweight and 35.6% are obese (or, at risk of obesity).

Milton Town 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: In August of 2011, the Milton Town School District provided its food service director with a mandate that the district needed to improve its food service program to guarantee that healthy, nutritious and locally sourced foods were used within the district whenever possible.

Mansfield School District 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: The Mansfield School District serves 880 students on three campuses. The District is committed to the overall health and wellbeing of our students and seeks to establish a farm to school program that will complement other district initiatives. This planning grant will allow the district to form partnerships with local farmers and producers in order to increase procurement of locally sourced foods for the nutrition program.

The Livingston Farm to School Project

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: The major components of this proposal include an animal husbandry project that will involve students raising animals that will be processed and used in the school cafeterias; the expansion, development, and maintenance of school gardens at each school in the district; a remodel the interior of the existing greenhouse at Sleeping Giant Middle School to create the space for an aquoponics program that will be used to grow produce; the hiring of full‐time Farmer Educator who wil

Sierra Harvest

Sierra Harvest is an organization dedicated to educating, inspiring, and connecting western Nevada County’s families to fresh, local, seasonal foods. Our farm to school program is in 19 schools serving over 6,000 students! The program includes a local produce stand at each school, a “Harvest of the Month” program, farm field trips, school garden consultations, and guest appearances by farmers, nutrition educators, and chefs. We also have an educational farm called the Food Love Project which provides field trips, serivce projects, and Upicks.

Farm Fresh New London

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: Ledge Light Health District, FRESH New London, and community partners will implement the “Farm Fresh New London County Schools” to increase the consumption of locally grown fresh food in the twenty school districts in New London County, Connecticut.

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