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An introduction to farm to school and the Farm to School Program at USDA (intended for USDA Farm to School Grant volunteer reviewers).

Plan your Farm to School program using the new Farm to Child Nutrition Programs Planning Guide. This guide uses the same concepts below to create a robust farm to school program for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and Seamless Summer Option (SSO), and Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).

This webinar reviews the menu planning cycle, making room for local foods, incorporating local foods into schools meals, menu planning tips, and concludes with a question and answer session.

2011 webinar handout

Jill Auburn, a National Program Leader at the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, provides a broad overview of NIFA programs that relate to farm to school. Among others, Auburn reviewed the Community Food Project program, the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program, the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative.

Recently, we have received several questions about the use of funds from the nonprofit school food service account to cover expenditures related to farm to school activities and school gardens. The questions and answers below address specific scenarios that school food authorities may be dealing with when considering the allowability of such costs.