Garden Classrooms

Walla Walla Public School Farm to School Program

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2013 USDA Farm to School Program grant: To be a pilot district for a state Farm to Institution Geographic Preference project and host a regional mobile Farm and kitchen skills tour.

Washington State Department of Agriculture Farm to School Program

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2013 USDA Farm to School Program grant: To conduct statewide technical assistance, host regional mobile tours for educating farms and schools, develop promotional materials, including materials on safe use of school garden and farm‐fresh produce in school salad bars.

Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets Farm to School Program

The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets promotes, supports, and collaborates with farm to school stakeholders around the state to strengthen and grow farm to school efforts.

Farm to school programs are a vital tool we can use to promote agricultural literacy in schools so that, from an early age, students can be learning the value of nutrition, developing healthy eating habits, and understanding where their food comes from.

Rappanhannock Farm to School Program

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2013 USDA Farm to School Program grant: To expand rural VA schools’ use of local foods, student education through school gardens, and connection with local producers, identify and collaborate local distributers, food service staff, county extension staff and community stakeholders.

Richmond Public Schools Farm to School Program

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2013 USDA Farm to School Program grant: Richmond Public Schools will utilize funding to expand current Farm to School efforts beyond our annual celebration of F2S week.

Dallas ISD Farm to School Program

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2013 USDA Farm to School Program grant: Dallas ISD will link many existing initiatives, such as healthy menu planning, coordinated school health curriculum, local wellness policy, robust physical education, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program and school gardens, to develop a robust F2S program.

Memphis & Shelby County Farm to School Program

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2013 USDA Farm to School Program grant: Our overall goal is to develop a plan to create a vertically integrated F2S program which can serve as a national model for urban SFAs.

FIS Farm to School Program

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2013 USDA Farm to School Program grant: To provide nutritious and enjoyable meals for our students, and implement a new farm to school program to compliment and invigorate our current program by offering students locally grown produce and protein sources.

South Carolina Department of Agriculture Farm to School Program

The South Carolina Farm to School Program originated in 2011 as a two-year project funded from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. Since the program began, it has expanded to not only include more funded schools, but also other institutions including preschools. In 2015, the umbrella organization South Carolina Farm to Institution was founded to encompass a wide variety of institutional sites beyond preschools and schools.

People For People Charter School Farm to School

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2013 USDA Farm to School Program grant: PFPCS, an urban K-8 Local Education Agency, will develop a plan for F2S efforts to provide healthy lunches to students through integration of locally sourced products on our menu.

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