Farm to School Grant Program

About the Farm to School Grant Program

On an annual basis, USDA awards competitive Farm to School grants that support planning, developing, and implementing farm to school programs. USDA's Farm to School Grants are an important way to help state, regional, and local organizations as they initiate, expand, and institutionalize farm to school efforts.

Important Resources

Seeding Success

The Seeding Success Webinars are a series of six, 30-minute, webinars provides technical assistance that supports Farm to School Grantees to develop, expand, and maintain robust farm to school programs, projects, or initiatives. These webinar topics were identified as topics of interest by farm to school grantees. Click on the links below to view these recordings and download relevant supporting material.

Grantee Resources

The Grantee resources are intended to help current Farm to School Grant recipients administer, and accurately report, their grant related activities.

Grant Applicant Resources

Grant Applicant resources are provided for those who are interested in potentially applying for a future Farm to School Grant.

Grant Awards to Date

An up to date list of prior Farm to School Grant awards, and descriptions of the work funded with the grant, can be found here.

Congratulations 2020 Farm to School Grantees

Beginning in the 2020-2021 School year, the Farm to School Grant Program will be supporting 159 grants, serving 7,610 schools and more than 2.5 million students. Over 57 percent of the children served in participating schools are eligible for free and reduced price meals. To learn more about the 2020 Farm to School Grantees, please see the 2020 Farm to School Grant list of awardees.

Seeding Success Webinar Series Now Available

This series of six, 30-minute webinars provide technical assistance that supports Farm to School Grantees to develop, expand, and sustain robust farm to school programs, projects or initiatives. The webinar topics were identified as topics of interest by Farm to School Grantees.

The Farm to School Grantee Report is Now Available

OCFS is pleased to announce the release of a new report Cultivating Opportunity: An Overview of USDA's Fiscal Year 2015 and 2016 Farm to School Grantees' Growing Achievements. This report highlights Farm to School program trends and best practices from Fiscal Year 2015 and 2016 Farm to School Grantees. This report also features baseline data provided by grantees which is used to assess the impact of the grant program on the growth of the Farm to School movement nationwide.