Kentucky Media Coverage

Eating Locally - Bath County Schools buy produce from local farmers by Madelynn Coldiron. Kentucky School Advocate - The monthly newsletter of the Kentucky School Boards Association. Published 10/01/2007.
Bath County schools are helping local farmers improve their bottom line while the farmers are making sure students get quality veggies and fruits in their cafeterias. Read the entire article.

Schools get fresh vegetables via defense department idea. Lexington Herald-Leader. Published 10/22/2002.
A program that has connected Kentucky produce growers with school lunchrooms has put fresh vegetables on the table for schoolchildren this fall. The Farm to School Initiative started off small this year in Kentucky, but it could eventually feed nearly 700,000 pupils in almost 1,300 schools. Doris Pruitt, food service director for Warren County Public Schools in Bowling Green, said she was pleased with the program's first year. Read the entire article.