This webinar is intended for incoming 2023 Farm to School Grantees and was recorded Aug.9, 2023.
Webinar intended for 2021 Farm to School Grantees covering baseline, progress and financial reporting.
This webinar will inform farmers market managers, sponsors, and the public about how to start and maintain summer meal sites at farmers markets.
Get the scoop on how to engage local producers and incorporate local food into your summer meals menu.
During the last webinar in the twelve-part series, the USDA Farm to School Program offers a speedy recap of the variety of ways districts can purchase local foods, and talks through an example of how one district is tying it all together with a comprehensive local purchasing program. Deborah Kane, the National Director of USDA's Farm to School Program, wraps up the webinar by showing us how local procurement fits into the larger farm to school picture and shares several resources that are available to help you meet your local purchasing goals.
Hear about the different ways to incorporate school gardens into your farm to school program as well as hear how schools are successfully procuring school garden produce for their meal programs.
In this webinar, the first of the series, Christina Conell and Maggie Gosselin from USDA's Food and Nutrition Service, covered basic procurement fundamentals relevant to the federal child nutrition programs. Topics include informal and formal procurement methods and maintaining competition.