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
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The Seeding Success Webinars are a reoccurring series of webinars, providing 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.
- Grantee Resources
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The grantee resources are intended to help current Farm to School grant recipients administer, and accurately report, their grant related activities.
- Grant Applicant Resources
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Grant applicant resources are provided for those who are interested in potentially applying for a future Farm to School grant.
- Grant Awards to Date
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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 2021 Farm to School Grantees
Beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, the Farm to School grant program will be supporting 176 grants, serving 6,800 schools and more than 1.4 million students. Over 65 percent of the children served in participating schools are eligible for free and reduced price meals. To learn more about the 2021 Farm to School grantees, please see the 2021 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.