Farm to School Programs

Bureau Valley Community Unit School District #340
One Bureau Valley community has stepped up to the rural revitalization challenge and developed the first localized Farm to School Program of its kind in Illinois. The steps we took are outlined below ...

Fresh from the Farm Program
Conceived and implemented by Seven Generations Ahead, the Fresh from the Farm program is operational in select schools in Oak Park District 97 and in Chicago Public schools.Read more at http://www.sev...

Growing Power Garden Projects
In Chicago Avenue Garden, Grant Park, Garfield Park, Humboldt ParkSee http://www.growingpower.org/new_page_3.htm for more information on these projects....

Other Farm to school related projects in the Chicago area
Green Youth Farm -  a Chicago Botanic Gardens project with sites in Waukegan and Chicago (North Lawndale). School garden sponsored by Slow Food at Dawes Elementary school in Evanston  ...

Prairie Crossing Charter School, Grayslake
Farm to Table Lunch Program at the Prairie Crossing Charter School, Grayslake, IllinoisIn fall of 2005, parent volunteers, Susan Barg and Melissa Ritter, conceived and developed the Farm to Table Lunc...

Township High School District 211
Ruth Jonen, food service director from Township High School District 211 in Northwestern Cook County, has been buying produce for its food service programs from the Schaumburg Farmer’s Market fo...