Served Digizine | October 2023

Steps to develop a farm to school program

It may be easier than you think!

Have you ever wanted to plant a garden at your school or buy more locally-grown foods but didn’t know where to start? Implementing a farm to school program may be easier than you thought. Farm to school programs include various activities that connect students with their food source, improve nutrition, provide agricultural hands-on learning opportunities, promote

equity in the food system, and help students establish a positive relationship with food.

You may wonder if a farm to school program could work at your school. Yes, it can! Farm to school activities can be adapted to fit different geographic locations, enrollment numbers, age ranges, and abilities of students. Check out these steps to develop a farm to school program in your school.

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