This page offers resources to help state agencies, school food authorities, and their partners, prepare for and complete the Farm to School Census.
Find resources to implement, sustain and maintain your farm to school program.
USDA support for school meals in fiscal years 2021-2024.
The Dirt is the Patrick Leahy Farm to School program monthly e-newsletter with updates, webinar info, relevant news, and field notes.
2023 Farm to School Census logo and stickers.
Factsheets are available under the following topics: Farm to School Grant Program, Farm to School Program Resources, Local Food Resources, School Gardens, Farm to School in Tribal Communities, Food Safety, Producers, Farm to Preschool. Farm to Summer, State Agencies and Cooperative Extensions, En Español.
This fact sheet outlines a number of additional resources for those seeking to directly purchase or raise food products for school nutrition programs.
"Food Safety Frequently Asked Questions: The Food Safety Modernization Act and its Impact on Farm to School Activities": This document includes common questions related to food safety when purchasing locally grown and raised food products directly from producers as well as food safety considerations for edible campus gardens.
Seeding Success is a series of webinars produced by the Patrick Leahy Farm to School Program that provide technical assistance that supports grantees.
This pre-recorded webinar features Farm to School Program staff, who share grantee stories from the Indigenous community and how to build a successful farm to school program focused on traditional foods.