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This Farm 2 School Project FAQ sheet answers basic questions about Farm to School programs.

 

This document outlines the different parties that benefit from Farm to School programs and how you can use the language in child nutrition policies tho help support your Farm to School program.

 

This document discusses the relationship between obesity and hunger by explaining how low-income, food-insecure Americans can be overweight. Created by the Center on Hunger and Poverty and the Food Research and Action Center.

 

This was a template for Farm to School programs to use when they sent out press releases about their involvement in the Southeast Region Farm to School conference. Although it mentions the conference, it has other good information about Farm to School programs and serves as a good example of a press release that you can modify and use in your region.

 

This interview, which was a part of the KidSafe Seafood Newsletter in April 2008, gives a brief description of the activities that occurred during a farm fieldtrip to the Sunburst Trout Company farm. It also includes delicious trout recipes.

 

 

 

This fact sheet produced by Florida A&M gives tips on how growers can market their goods to local school systems.

 

 

This document gives suggestions as to how to integrate different subjects into school garden activities.

 

Number Salad is an adaptable lesson plan for K-2 about the parts of vegetable plants that are eaten.

 

This document outlines the National Farm to School Network’s major accomplishments.

 

 

This document, created by the National Farm to School Network, gives talking points to help form the discussion about Farm to School programs when talking with policy makers.

 

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