Program Description: The “250 Snapshots of Farm to School” celebrate how students in Massachusetts are connecting with the Commonwealth’s shared heritage through engaging with, and learning about, the local food system. It highlights how Massachusetts schools, colleges, universities, and early education programs involve the community, incorporate Massachusetts grown and produced foods in school meals, integrate food and agriculture into curriculum, provide hand-on learning experiences, and build connections between local farmers, schools, and community partners. Farm to school programs can strengthen the local economy, improve health and education outcomes, and build connections between the cafeteria, classroom, and community – the “Three C’s” of farm to school.
If you are from a Massachusetts based school or school district, early education program, college or university, or a teacher, farm, food hub, fisher, or represent an organization working to support Farm to School in Massachusetts, please fill out the submission form for consideration to be featured on MDAR’s website in celebration of "MA 250 Snapshots of Farm to School."