This webinar is intended for incoming 2024 Farm to School Grantees and was recorded Aug. 7, 2024.
Designed to increase the availability of local foods in schools, Patrick Leahy Farm to School grants can help farm to school programs get started or expand existing efforts. Funds support a wide range of activities from training, planning, and developing partnerships to creating new menu items, establishing supply chains, offering taste tests to children, purchasing equipment, planting school gardens, and organizing field trips to agricultural operations.
The Farm to School Census checklist has suggestions for school food authorities to prepare for the Farm to School Census.
This optional worksheet is an aid to help school food authorities gather important information that will help them more quickly complete the 2023 Farm to School Census.
This is a printable SAMPLE of the 2023 Farm to School Census survey intended for school food authorities to review questions in advance of completing their surveys starting October 2023. This sample survey is for the purpose of review only and is not intended to be completed and returned.
In many regions across the United States, USDA’s Summer Food Service Program aligns well with the peak growing season, allowing schools and nonprofit organizations to serve products in their freshest state.
The Farm to School Census is a survey of farm to school activities, including local food procurement and nutrition education. This document provides additional clarification for school food authorities (SFAs) on the Farm to School Census and the data collection process.
The Farm to School Census is a national survey conducted by USDA FNS of farm to school activities .
This fact sheet presents effective strategies for supporting community food systems.
This fact sheet, available in both English and Spanish, reviews the steps to successfully integrate local food in child nutrition programs.