Category Archives: Local Farms & Schools

Integrating school programs with local farms to provide education and better nutritional food for students.

Local Food to Georgia Schools

The Hall County school system, in Georgia, is bringing local food into local schools, thankfully with help from a grant given by the state Department of Agriculture and Department of Education. 75 to 100 percent Georgia-grown meals will be in … Continue reading

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Community of Gardeners

Throughout Washington, D.C., people of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities are gardening side by side, growing vegetables, fruits and flowers in community gardens. Some are looking for basic sustenance, others for a way to remember their homelands, still others for … Continue reading

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Community Supported Agriculture

Local Farms and Community Supported Agriculture: If you have a farm and would like to list it with other farms in Community Supported Agriculture, check out  The Robyn Van En Center. It provides a national resource center about Community Supported Agriculture … Continue reading

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Local Farms to Schools

Farms To Schools provides programs for schools to connect up with local farmers.  The National Farm to School Network provides training and technical assistance, information services, networking, and support in policy and media and marketing activities. Farms To Schools encourages … Continue reading

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