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. California Thursdays will expand the district’s local purchasing to include proteins and grains, as well as enhance current local produce purchasing from farms less than 500 acres.