Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi

The following description is a summary of our farm to school plan funded by a 2014 USDA Farm to School Program grant: Successful implementation of this proposed project will result in the institutionalization of a farm to school program; increased knowledge as a result of information dissemination efforts, regional conferences, and educational booths at local farmers’ markets; and, an increase of at least five school districts (over a current baseline of zero) utilizing small to mid-sized Mississippi farmers for fruit and vegetable purchases.