School Cafeterias

Students Eating Locally Project

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: The South Euclid Lyndhurst Project Chyahoga County's first farm to school program will continue to make the healthy choice the easy choice for students in the South Euclid Lyndhurst School District. Over 24 months, the South Euclid Lyndhurst Project will continue to increase the quality and variety of locally procured offerings; establish new procurement methods; assist with capital investment in kitchen infrastructure needs; and launch a social marketing campaign.

Somerville Public Schools 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: Somerville Public Schools will implement a grant to benefit nearly 5,000 students in a richly diverse community. Somerville is a dense urban city adjacent to Boston, with a population of 75,754 residents packed into 4.1 square miles.

Local Food Access Team

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: The overarching goal of our project is to craft policy of incorporating local foods district wide that will be accepted through all levels of the school district while being compatible with food distributors. It is imperative that we start at the beginning by creating a complete plan that becomes accepted policy instead of just trying to haphazardly add local foods here and there.

Farm2Five

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties proposes to implement a farm to school program over two years to create new, robust farm to school projects in seven schools in our district.

Alachua 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: Alachua County Public Schools seeks to increase the amount of locally produced foods served in school meals, and to expand nutrition and wellness curriculum through support from a Farm to School Planning Grant. In developing a comprehensive farm to school program, Alachua County Public Schools will focus on high need Title I elementary schools.

REAP Food Group Farm to School Program

REAP’s Farm to School program works with the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) to bring fresh, nutritious, locally- and sustainably- grown food to children. The program teaches children about healthy eating and the environment, strengthens links between the classroom and the lunchroom, and helps establish a stable market for local farmers.

The following is a summary of our Farm to School work:

Fuel Your Body

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: The “Fuel Your Body” project will plan a comprehensive farm to school program at all five Pryor Public Schools’ sites, serving 2,600 students in grades K‐12. Funding will support farm to school planning meetings and workshops, conduct inventories of all facilities, create farm to school farm/produce partnerships, complete an assessment with the farm to school evaluation toolkit, and create a plan for sustainability.

Prescott Farm to School Partnership Project

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: The Prescott Unified School District will be the fiscal agent for the grant and Humboldt Unified, Chino Valley Unified, and Mayer Unified Districts (together know as the “Quad‐City” area) will work as collaborative partners to impact 24 schools in four school districts, located in Yavapai County, Arizona. The total free and reduced lunch count for the Quad‐City is 54.5%.

Portsmouth, NH School District and Nutrition Department - CLIPPERS Farm to School Program

Our farm to school program (CLIPPERS Farm to School) in the Portsmouth, NH School District and Nutrition Department has been made possible by the receipt of USDA Planning and Implementation grants. We are currently half way through our Implementation Grant period with a strong focus this spring on identifying and executing garden-tied curriculum.

Polk 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 Polk County Reorganized School District R‐1, in collaboration with Fair Play and Humansville School systems and Living Well Alliance will plan a farm to school program benefitting 3,383 students located in a rural area of southwest Missouri. An average of 69% of students are eligible for free and reduced lunch, with several of those participating in the “Back Pack” program to help supply meals on the weekend as well.

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