Bringing Farm Fresh Food to Schools around the United States

[AngieN]

http://www.farmtoschool.org/

Farm to School is a program that links together schools with local farms to help get healthy meals into school cafeterias, improving student nutrition, and helping to provide health and nutrition education opportunities that will last a lifetime. This supports the community and supports local farming and sustainability around the country.

Please take some time to review their information online and get your local schools involved. Pass along the website and information to others across the United States to spread the word! There are so many resources here to help your schools get involved, stay aware of what is going on around the country, and get the funding they need to make change happen. 

By helping support the nutrition of our children today we are aiding them to make better and more educated decisions about their food choices and grow up to be healthy adults that can change the world we live in for the good.

[PattyN]

As a mother and an elementary school teacher, and having to move many, many times around our country, I have seen appalling school lunches.  My children have been in both public and private schools, and in all cases, I have been very disappointed with what is being offered to our kids for lunch.  Fast food restaurants are even infultrating our schools.  I imagine the schools have come to this because the quality and tastiness of the food in most school cafeterias is sub-par. They probably figure that if it's from a popular restaurant, then the kids will eat it. 
It is frustrating, though, that I feel I must pack my children's lunch most days and they feel that they are missing out since most of their friends will get the pizza, orange chicken, or mac and cheese day after day at lunch time.  I will take your lead and look into local farms in our area.  The problem I would for see, however, would be getting whatever additional funds from the schools to procure these foods and the possible extra man-power neede to create healthier food choices.  Thanks for posting.[/font][/shadow][/color][/color]

[DanielleC]

Thanks Angie for this resource. When I first started with the Nutrition Educator program I wanted to concentrate on adults, but I have definitaly shifted my focus. I just recently quit my job and took the CBEST to start substituting so I can get my foot into the schools. My long term career goal is the be a nutrition educators in our public school system. Thank you for this link, I am going to spread the word about this great program!