Since September 2006, 528 children have participated in RFS Seed-to-Plate Nutrition Education™ programming each month.
All the students receive monthly classes in the Recipe Garden and the 4th graders also get a monthly Chefs in Schools™ cooking class with a celebrity chef. Participating RFS Chefs in Schools instructors are: Garth Blackburn, Sub-Zero Wolf (monthly classes since 2008); Barbara McKnight, Catering by Culinaire (monthly classes since 2006); GianCarlo Ferrara, Arcodoro (monthly classes since 2009); Mariquita Combes, La Villette Catering (monthly classes since 2009)