Garden Classrooms

Denver School District 1 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 Colorado-grown products to Denver school children during lunch, to educate students on where their food comes from and how it is grown, and to ensure that the food coming from the urban farms is safe.

Weld 8 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: The district has made some preliminary contact with local farms and will strengthen the present agreements, bring in more farm partnerships and improve our kitchen facilities for the capacity to prepare, store and serve fresh local produce.

Greeley-Evans School District 6 Farm to School

Greeley-Evans School District 6 began its Farm to School program in 2007, when the District purchased one crop of cherry tomatoes for $239. Since then, with the assistance of numerous grants, including the USDA's Farm to School Grant, the program has expanded to other fruits, vegetables, dairy, and even meat and poultry items. Today, about 80% of our lunches are prepared from scratch in our Central Production Kitchen (CPK), and around 25% of our food purchases are local, with the rate of local food purchases increasing each year.

Chico Unified School District 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: Funds will help expand existing Farm to School resources and activities from a series of successful but disparate activities into a comprehensive, integrated Farm‐to‐School program.

Lemon Grove Farm to School Project

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2013 USDA Farm to School Program grant: To maximize use of local, minimally processed and fresh foods in school meals every day, first at the District's newest middle school and later throughout the district.

Lynwood Unified School District 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 continue to stress the importance of local food procurement with educators and other stakeholders by creating a plan for changing procurement strategy and a nutrition education curriculum to reflect the importance of eating locally.

Sonoma 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: To educate students about healthy eating, nutrition, and local agriculture and increase access to healthy, locally‐sourced foods across the county.

Farm-to-Child, Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona

When children are involved in gardening, good things happen. They show more interest in eating fruits and vegetables, do better academically, and demonstrate overall improved attitudes.

The staff of the Farm-to-Child Program believe that, if children are to be our leaders of tomorrow, we need to set them up to achieve great success. We strive to do so by helping schools throughout Southern Arizona get gardens started. In doing so, children at those schools are given access to fresh produce and the opportunity to learn about local food production in a safe and fun environment.

Code Green

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2013 USDA Farm to School Program grant: To lead a cluster planning project for four rural communities/schools. A school and community organization team will develop a "Code Green" Comprehensive Farm to School long‐range plan to be implemented over a 5 year period.

Longfellow Elementary School

I am building a school garden for the children in the lower grades at Longfellow Elementary along with the help from Girl Scouts, and teachers.  A committee of parents and teachers plan to use the garden area to teach children how food grows, nutrition and health using a program called Growing Great.

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