Garden Classrooms

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.

LEAP Academy University 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: LEAP Academy University Charter School, located in Camden, NJ, is seeking USDA Farm to School funding to plan activities that would allow our school district to implement a partnership with our current food vendor and local farms to meet our goals of using the freshest foods possible into our daily school meals. The initiative also includes educational components for students and their parents

Laurel 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: Laurel School District Nutrition Services will develop and implement a comprehensive and sustainable farm to school program through activities that include: assessing the availability and current distribution methods of farm to school produce within a 100 mile radius from the Laurel School District; building partnerships and business relationships with local and regional farmers; partnering with our local university to provide training to local and regional farmers focusing

Kansas Department of Agriculture 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 Kansas Department of Agriculture will operate a pilot project in eight school districts to help to develop food procurement pathways to increase the amount of local food served through school meal programs; embed nutrition‐based education activities into the school curriculum; and provide community‐based partnerships, technical assistance, and capacity building support to the eight pilot school districts.

Hancock County 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 proposed project will span two years and will focus on the Indiana Farm to School Network, the Hoosier Harvest Market, Greenfield‐Central Community Schools, and the 38 other school corporations in Hancock and surrounding counties.

Independent School District's 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: Independent School District 197 will implement a farm to school program in order to establish the capacity within the district to increase the procurement of local foods used in our breakfast, lunch, and afterschool meal programs.

IDEA Healthy Kids Here Program

At IDEA Public Schools, our goal is to get 100% of our students on the road to and through college. Our rigorous academics and “whatever it takes” mindset, have helped us make tremendous strides in this work. But we recognized that the roots of academic success for our students run far deeper than classroom learning alone. In order for our students to get to and through college, and beyond, they also need a foundation of skills necessary to maintain their health. So, in 2014 we launched our Healthy Kids Here Initiative to become the Healthiest School District in America.

K-12 Eating Local Foods

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: “K‐12 Eating Local Foods” overcomes barriers to institutionalize eating abundant local foods at school every day by developing systems to better link local farms to schools. The two‐year project develops resources and processes to overcome existing barriers by streamlining ordering, delivery, and processing through linkages to existing local foods online buying clubs and includes youth engagement.

Communities Coalition 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: Lyon County School District and Healthy Communities Coalition's will collaboratively work with local producers, cooperatives, and school gardens to increase access to locally grown and minimally processed foods for the children and teens of Lyon County. Together our goals are to: increase the economic prosperity for our local farmers; increase the health and wellness of our children; and, increase the number of food-literate children through school garden exposure.

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