Independent School District's 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: Independent School District 197 will implement a farm to school program in order to establish the capacity within the district to increase the procurement of local foods used in our breakfast, lunch, and afterschool meal programs. The focus of our activities will include: establishing a planning committee comprised of school and community members, researching and establishing relationships with local farmers, ranchers, and distributors necessary to establishing supply partners, participating in trainings aimed at increasing our knowledge and confidence in coordinating a farm to school activities, and creating a farm to school implementation plan. These activities will allow this school district to bridge healthy food and nutrition efforts with the greater context of the food system and educate students on this connection.