Dawn Kelley, director of food services at Portage Township Schools, was at an event intended to celebrate the success of the National Farm to School Lunch Program when she found out the federal ...

In a program last year, students from the Farm Hill Elementary and Snow Elementary Schools in Middletown planted carrot seeds at Cold Spring Farm in Colchester. Months later, fifth graders from ...

The local foods to schools movement has grown at leaps and bounds across the country and was preparing for a federal boost of about $660 million to be awarded for Local Food to Schools projects. The ...

What do locally grown apples, visiting pumpkin patches and starting a school garden have in common? They’re all ways to participate in Indiana Grown for Schools, a statewide initiative that supports ...

For Carl Motsenbocker, Farm to School is more than just a program. It's about local food systems and working to teach children and feed children within a local food area. For more than 20 years, he ...

GRAND FORKS – Wendy Mankie, the child nutrition director at Grand Forks Public Schools, is confident in farm-to-school programs in the district despite federal budget cuts. Farm-to-school programs are ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Department of Agriculture announced their open application period for a year-long professional development program intended to help schools build their farm to school ...

A push to make sure students have fresh food at school. That’s what the farm to school program does while also supporting our local farmers. A New Canaan High School student is a big advocate of it ...

In Northern Michigan Kids news, schools across northwest Michigan have been serving up local food experiences in cafeterias, classrooms, and school gardens, and we’ll be sharing some of those stories ...

I’m writing to express my support for “An Act Establishing the Massachusetts Farm to School Program,” a bill currently under consideration in the Education Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature.