Minnesota Farm to School Programs

Riverway Charter School, Minnesota City
Riverway Learning Community is committed to the foundation of a more hopeful and enlightened future by the development of an environment that nurtures the growth of mind, body and spirit, both as indi...

Alexandria Public Schools
Alexandria Public Schools have taken the link between apples and education to new heights. In early September, Alexandria's Food and Nutrition staff planted 15 apple trees at two school locations to p...

Dover-Eyota Public Schools
Rich farmland surrounds the two Dover-Eyota schools in rural southeastern Minnesota, yet Food and Nutrition Director Carrie Frank struggled to find a produce supplier to deliver locally grown fruits a...

Farm 2 School - Bemidji Area Schools
Students planted a school garden at Solway Elementary School last spring. We have utilized the fresh produce from the garden in our summer food service program served at the Bemidji Middle School. W...

Little Falls Farm to School Program
What started as a special project in 2008 has become standard practice for the Little Falls Area School District in 2009. Food service director Tina Wheeler's year one goal was to feature one local fo...

Minneapolis Public Schools
From its colorful salads, trendy sandwiches and new menu of fresh entrees, Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) are making big strides with Farm to School. Rosemary Dederichs, MPS’s Director of Nutrition...

Minnesota Internship Center Charter High School
The Minnesota Internship Center Charter School(MNIC)serves a diverse population of low income students within four sites around the Minneapolis area. The School Nutrition Program offers a variety of m...

Montevideo Public Schools
At the end of the day, red tomatoes won out over yellow. The real winners, however, were the students, some of whom bit into juicy Minnesota grown tomatoes for the first time. Sanford Elementary ho...

Morris Farm to School Program
Morris Area Schools began a Farm to School program in Fall of 2007. In September they offered an apple tasting of two different apples- Harral Red and Sweet 16, purchased from Swenson Orchards in Mont...

Orono School District Farm to School Program
Kris Diller, Orono?s child nutrition supervisor, has been purchasing local apples at the nearby orchard for as long as she can remember. She also serves a local harvest veggie in the fall, aptly named...

Pine Point Farm to School Program
Since 1989 the White Earth Land Recovery Project has worked to achieve food sovereignty on the original land base of the reservation. This year (07-08), WELRP has moved toward that goal by adding a Fa...

Rosemount, Eagan and Apple Valley School District Farm to School
The Rosemount/ Eagan/ Apple Valley School District serves a collection of suburbs located just south of Minneapolis. The district is comprised of 28,000 students who are served at 31 school sites. We ...

School Nutrition Coordinator
The Minnesota Internship Center Charter School(MNIC)serves a diverse population of low income students within four sites around the Minneapolis area. The School Nutrition Program offers a variety of m...

St. Paul Public School District Farm to School Program
With 38,500 students, the St. Paul Public School district is the second largest district in Minnesota and a leader in Farm to School innovation. During the first six weeks of the 2009-2010 school yea...

Wayzata Public Schools Farm to School Program
Wayzata is a first-ring suburb of Minneapolis, known for its gorgeous vistas of Lake Minnetonka and its commitment to high quality education. Wayzata?s Culinary Express department serves over 6,000 lu...

Willmar Public Schools
Tracking the birthplace of Minnesota?s farm to school movement is not easy, but the path most definitely includes Willmar Public Schools. In 2004, school nutrition pioneers from this rural community ...

Winona Area Public Schools Farm to School Program
Tucked between stunning limestone bluffs and the mighty Mississippi River, Winona Public Schools serve 3,700 students in the southeast corner of the state. Winona's Farm to School experience is just b...