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%. A very active farm to school advisory committee is in place, including partners who have resources within the community to assist in moving efforts forward. This committee has been in place and actively meeting since spring of 2012. Initial beneficial relationships have been forged with commitments from four local school districts and fifteen community‐based organizations. These resources make it an opportune time to move the farm to school effort forward. Local farms and food sources are viable assets and resources that will be explored during this planning process to determine future procurement and nutritional education opportunities for the children and adults in the Quad‐City area.