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FARM-TO-SCHOOL PROJECT
Selected Farm to School Resources
This resource list was developed by the National Farm to School Program.
Center for Food and Justice, Urban and Environmental Policy Institute, Occidental College.
1600 Campus Road (Mail Stop M1), Los Angeles, CA 90041
Tel: 323 341 5095; Email: ajoshi@oxy.edu
The sections in this resource list include:
- Procurement Buying and Selling Local Foods
- Curricular Resources on Gardening, Cooking,
- Nutrition and the Food System Funding Resources
- Farm to School Program Websites
Procurement Buying and Selling Local Foods
Linking Farms with Schools. A Guide to Understanding Farm-to-School Programs
for Schools, Farmers and Organizers.
By Marion Kalb, Kristen Markley and Sara Tedeschi. Community Food Security
Coalition, 2004.
Rethinking School Lunch. Center for Ecoliteracy. 2004.
http://www.ecoliteracy.org/pages/rethinking/
rethinking-home.html
A free, comprehensive web guide organized around 10 topical issue areas for transforming school lunch.
Healthy Farms, Healthy Kids: Evaluating the Barriers and Opportunities
for Farm to School Programs. By Andrea Misako Azuma and Andrew Fisher. Community Food Security Coalition, 2001. Provides case studies of programs at the K-12 level and includes policy recommendations. Can be ordered for $12 plus s/h at http://www.foodsecurity.org/pubs.html
Local Food Connections: From Farms to Schools.
Iowa State University Extension. June 2000. http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/pubs/other/other.htm
Geared towards farmers and producers interested in selling to schools.
Downloadable for free.
Local Food Connections: Food Service Considerations.
Iowa State University Extension. June 2002. http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1853C.pdf
Geared toward food service professionals. Downloadable for free.
Selling to Institutions: An Iowa Farmers Guide. By Robert Luedeman and Neil D. Hamilton. Drake University Agricultural Law Center, 2003. Downloadable for free.
http://www.iowafoodpolicy.org/ifpcpublications.htm
University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
Program
http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/cdpp/
Useful reports available for free online. Links to a case
study of the Davis Unified farm to school program and a report on farm to school marketing opportunities for family farmers.
Buy Local Food and Farm Guidebook: A Guide for Campus Organizers. Oxfam America.
http://www.oxfamamerica.org/advocacy/art1078.html
Report on incorporating local food into college dining operations, general information that is useful for the K-12 level as well. Downloadable for free.
Community Food Security Coalition http://www.foodsecurity.org/farm_to_school.html
Farm to school and farm to college case studies, links, reports, and funding ideas.
Washington State Department of Agriculture,
Small Farm and Direct Marketing
http://agr.wa.gov/Marketing/SmallFarm/farmtocafeteria.htm
Two useful reports available online without charge.
Farm to School: An Introduction for Food Service Professionals, Food Educators, Parents and Community Leaders. By Alison Harmon. National Farm to School Program, Center for Food and Justice, Urban and Environmental Policy Institute. 2003.
http://www.farmtoschool.org/National/index.htm
A 73 page manual for a wide-variety of audiences. Profiles initiatives
around the country and places farm to school programs in the food system
context. Available for a donation of $12.
Bringing Local Food to Local People: A Resource Guide for Farm-to-School
and Farm-to Institution Programs. By Barbara C. Bellows, Rex Dufour, and Janet Bachmann. ATTRA 2003. http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/PDF/farmtoschool.pdf
Available free on the web. This resource includes profiles of programs,
potential funding sources, and an annotated bibliography.
Expanding Local Food Systems by Marketing to Iowa Institutions. Practical Farmers of Iowa Practical Farmers of Iowa. May 2002.
http://www.pfi.iastate.edu/Local_Food_Syst/Expanding_Local_Food_
Systems_by_Marketing_to_Iowa_Institutions.pdf
With a focus on Iowa, four different programs linking Iowa farms and institutions
are described in this free publication.
Curricular Resources on Gardening, Cooking, Nutrition and the Food System
Cornell Cooperative Extension, Discovering the Food System
http://www.cce.cornell.edu/foodsys/
An experiential learning program for young and inquiring minds
California Department of Education http://www.cde.ca.gov/cdepress/catalog/nutried.html
Curricular materials for standards-based activities on gardening, nutrition, and cooking.
The Food Project, French Fries and the Food System http://www.thefoodproject.org/newtfp/tfpstore/tfpstore.shtml
Lesson plans developed and utilized by an innovative urban youth gardening
program in Massachusetts.
Wisconsin Fast Plants Program http://www.fastplants.org/home_flash.html
A science education outreach program from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
with activities and lesson plans utilizing a fast, indoor-grown brassica
plant.
Agriculture in the Classroom
http://www.agclassroom.org/
With links to state-specific programs and resources.
Funding Resources
Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program, Cooperative State Research Education, and Extension Service, USDA
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/food/in_focus/
hunger_if_competitive.html
Sustainable Agriculture and Education Program http://www.sare.org/
National Farm to School Program.
For more information, contact: Anupama Joshi,
Center for Food and Justice, Urban and Environmental Policy Institute, Occidental College.
1600 Campus Road (Mail Stop M1)
Los Angeles, CA 90041.
Tel: 323 341 5095; Email: ajoshi@oxy.edu
Farm to School Program Websites
National Farm to School Program
http://www.farmtoschool.org/,
at the Center for Food and Justice
http://departments.oxy.edu/uepi/cfj/
Wisconsin Homegrown Lunch
http://www.reapfoodgroup.org/farmtoschool/index.shtml
Center for Integrated Agriculture Systems, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
http://www.wisc.edu/cias/
Community Food Security Coalition. http://www.foodsecurity.org
Marin Food Systems Project http://www.eecom.net/projects_school.htm
Cornell Farm to School Programhttp://www.cce.cornell.edu/farmtoschool/
Hartford Food Systemhttp://www.hartfordfood.org/programs/project_farm.html
Rutgers University
http://aesop.rutgers.edu/~njuep/fts/fts.html
Community Alliance with Family Farmers
http://www.caff.org/
North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
http://www.ncagr.com/fooddist/Farm-to-School.html
Kentucky Department of Agriculture
http://www.kyagr.com/mkt_promo/hort/programs/hort/farmtoschool/
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