Communities Coalition 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: Lyon County School District and Healthy Communities Coalition's will collaboratively work with local producers, cooperatives, and school gardens to increase access to locally grown and minimally processed foods for the children and teens of Lyon County. Together our goals are to: increase the economic prosperity for our local farmers; increase the health and wellness of our children; and, increase the number of food-literate children through school garden exposure. To meet these goals, Healthy Communities will work with local farms, vendors, cooperatives, food management companies, the Lyon County School District, and the Mason Valley Boys and Girls Clubs to develop strategies for increasing the availability of local food in the school lunch program, increasing school garden production, and encouraging the utilization of school garden produce in student snacks at the Boys and Girls Clubs.