Planning Toolkit - Intro to Farm to School: Planning and Building a Team

Through this 11-part series, we’ll guide you through the USDA Farm to School Planning Toolkit. Served up in bite-sized 30 minute webinars, we’ll offer questions to consider and helpful resources to reference when starting or growing a farm to school program. Guest speakers will join the webinars to share their hands on farm to school experiences.

How does a farm to school team function? In this webinar, the first in an 11-part series, learn tips and best practices for building a farm to school team, facing struggles and surprises, and building a foundation for a successful project. Steve Marinelli, Food Service Director from Milton Town, Vermont, joins us to share his first-hand experiences.

Presentation Slides

	Intro to Farm to School: Planning and Building a Team
	Setting Goals and Establishing an Evaluation Baseline
	Finding and Buying Local Foods
	Farm to School Menu Planning
	Food Safety
	Promoting Your Farm to School Program
	School Gardening
	Curriculum Integration
	Program Sustainability
	Evaluating Your Program
	Tying It All Together and Digging In