School Cafeterias

Perry County Farm to School

The Perry County Farm to School Program benefits over 4,000 Perry County students in the rural Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky. An obstacle of being in the Appalachian region is that resources are limited, but in Perry County there is a community movement to combat those limitations by providing a support framework for healthier communities.

Pasadena USD 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: Pasadena Unified School District will implement a farm to school program to benefit 18,965 students in a mid‐size urban school district in Los Angeles County, California. Nearly 69% of students are eligible for free and reduced lunch, less than 30% meet the state’s Physical Fitness Test minimum requirements, and over 20% are obese.

Project LINK (Local Investment in Nutrition for Kids)

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: Osage Hills Public School will work with eleven school districts to benefit 4,993 students in rural northeastern Oklahoma where an average of 71% of students are eligible for free and reduced lunch, and an average of 43% are Native American. Each district is a member of Osage County Interlocal Cooperative, which will be contracted with to manage the farm to school grant.

Healthy Orange Farm to School

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: Taking a three‐pronged approach, Healthy Orange will work to connect schools with local farmers by assisting in streamlining the bidding and procurement process, as well as creating a committee to expand and strengthen community partnerships; increase the skills and knowledge of school food service personnel through hands‐on trainings; and create an integrated approach that includes educational and promotional activities, including agriculture and nutrition based education p

California Thursdays

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: Oakland Unified School District will develop and implement an innovative new lunch program called “California Thursdays.” Through this program, we intend to increase the amount of California-grown and processed products consumed by students and increase students’ awareness of the origin and agricultural character of the food items on their plates.

Northeast Iowa Farm to School Program

The Northeast Iowa Food & Fitness Initiative (FFI) has brought people in Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Howard and Winneshiek counties together to make our region a place where every day, all people have access to healthy, locally grown foods and abundant opportunities for physical activity in the places where we live, learn, work and play. The Northeast Iowa FFI partners with Luther College's Environmental Studies Department to house FoodCorps members. 

Farm to School Coalition of North Carolina

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: This project will demonstrate collaboration between schools, government agencies, nongovernmental and community based organizations, agricultural producer groups, and countless other community partners through a strong statewide coalition. Funding will support the Farm to School Coalition of NC in developing partnerships and conducting statewide planning and operations related to farm to school efforts.

Modesto City Schools Farm to School

Modesto City Schools implemented a district-wide farm to school program aimed at increasing the quantity and variety of local and regional food items in school meals. We received an Implementation Grant from the 2014 USDA Farm to School Program.

Farm to School on the Choctaw Reservation

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (a federally‐recognized Indian tribe) operates the largest unified reservation school system in the United States with 2,194 students. There are six elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. Per the National Center for Health Statistics Guidelines, 19.8% in the age 2‐18 cohort are considered overweight and 35.6% are obese (or, at risk of obesity).

Milton Town 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: In August of 2011, the Milton Town School District provided its food service director with a mandate that the district needed to improve its food service program to guarantee that healthy, nutritious and locally sourced foods were used within the district whenever possible.

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