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Farm to School programs are popping up all over the U.S. These programs connect schools with local farms with the objectives of serving healthy meals in school cafeterias, improving student nutrition, providing health and nutrition education opportunities that will last a lifetime, and supporting local small farmers.

Find your Regional Lead Agency

Find a Farm to School Program near you:

National Farm to School Network

This growing farm to school movement is supported by eight regional lead agencies that comprise the National Farm to School Network, which offers training and technical assistance, information services, networking, and support in policy and media and marketing activities. We are here to help you get started and to keep the programs growing.

For more information about the recently launched National Farm to School Network, click here.
To find your Regional Lead Agency, click here.

New Interactive Features

Farmtoschool.org continues to be the portal for farm to school information in the U.S, with new features including an e-newsletter, online forums to dialog on issues facing your farm to school program, and access to submit information about new programs, upcoming events, news and funding opportunities. Please send us feedback on the website and suggestions for improvement.

         
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States with operational Programs: 41
Farm to School Programs in the U.S. (estimated)* 2,051
Farm to School Programs profiled on this site 187
Number of schools involved 8,846
Number of school districts involved 2,064
Program profiles added this month: 1
* estimated by the National Farm to School program, Center for Food & Justice, Occidental College. All other statistics based on information posted on this site.






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From Farm to School: The Push to Get Locally Grown Food to American School Children by Jenn Escalona, Bright Hub.
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