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National
A Growing Movement: A Decade of Farm to School in California Anupama Joshi and Moira BeeryMon, Oct 1st, 2007
A Growing Movement: A Decade of Farm to School in California is a brand new resource from the California Farm to School Program at the Center for Food & Justice. The farm to school movement began in California more than 10 years ago. This report tells the story of work undertaken by farm to school proponents in California and chronicles the emergence of the program, and the impacts it has had on students, farmers, and communities around the state.
Bearing Fruit: Farm to School Program Evaluation Resources & Recommendations Anupama Joshi & Andrea Misako Azuma
Wed, Apr 15th, 2009
Released in Spring 2009, Bearing Fruit is a comprehensive guide to Farm to School program evaluation with highlights of the overall impacts of farm to school for stakeholders- teachers, food service, farmers, parents, policy makers, and community - providing excellent resources and tools to incorporate when assessing a program. Hard copies are available for the cost of shipping by contacting Anupama Joshi at ajoshi@oxy.edu
Setting the Record Straight: Nutritionists Define Healthful Food Strategic Alliance and Prevention Institute
Thu, Dec 1st, -0001
Setting the Record Straight, puts forth a definition of healthful food that looks beyond nutrients to acknowledge that truly healthful food comes from a food system where food is produced, processed, transported, and marketed in ways that are environmentally sound, sustainable and just.
California
Fresh From the Farm and Into the Classroom Haase, Margaret, Andrea Azuma, Robert Gottlieb, and Mark VallianatosThu, Jan 1st, 2004
Utilizing a model called Community Supported Agriculture that ties consumers directly to a local or regional farm, this LAUSD program, entitled the “Fresh From the Farm Pilot Project,” has been able to establish a direct connection between the classroom and a Southern California organic farm. The result is a unique, hands-on learning experience for the students, as well as increased income for local, organic agriculture.
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2007 Farm to School Survey Le Adams, Jimmy PurvisSat, May 5th, 2007
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New York State Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Distribution Project NY Farms!Sun, Jan 1st, 2006
Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Farm-to-School Report, Including the Oklahoma Institutional Food Service Survey Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, & DWed, Nov 30th, -0001
The Oklahoma Food Policy Council is a joint project of the Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture and the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry and Drake University, in partnership with the USDA Risk Management Agency.
Vermont
Impact Assessment of Vermont Farm2School Program - Executive Summary John RyanSat, Apr 1st, 2006
The driving goal in the Farm2School initiative is to promote healthier children and a healthier Vermont food system. Buying more fresh local produce should be seen as a means to achieving those goals. In the short-term, the capacity of the food system to increase purchases of Vermont products is limited. At whatever level of purchase, the value of buying fresh local food is greatly enhanced by the direct connection of healthy eating with a place-based nutritional and agricultural curriculum. Student participation in discovering, growing, recipe-making, cooking, and tasting these foods represents the crucial link that drives real change in eating habits. Local school food purchases alone will not change basic nutritional values nor will it serve to secure the future of local agriculture in Vermont. Vermont agriculture's self-interest in this effort is a long-term one: their participation will develop the connection with and loyalty of the next generation of healthier-eating, Vermont consumers.
Impact Assessment of Vermont Farm2School Program - Final Report John Ryan
Sat, Apr 1st, 2006
The analysis begins by asking a number of questions: How much Vermont farm produce and dairy product does the Vermont school food program currently purchase? What key challenges stand in the way of increasing Vermont food purchases and local Farm2School Partnerships? What actions would increase the likelihood of overcoming the challenges to reaching increased levels of activity? What represents a realistic increase in the level of Vermont farm purchases over the next five years? What represents a realistic increase in the number of local Farm2School partnerships over the next several years? What impacts would those actions have on key participants in the school food system, including farmers, school food workers, food distributors, local and state governments, parents and children?
Virginia
Virginia Farm-to-School Work Group SummaryTue, Jun 1st, 2010
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Fri, Dec 1st, 2006