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Farm to School Resources & Links
Fresno Metro Ministry Hunger & Nutrition Forums related to Farm to School:
April, 2005 "School Breakfast: From Farm to Classroom"
October, 2005 "Smart Food, Smart Kids - Farm to School Workshop"
Other Fresno Metro Ministry hosted resources
Department of Defense Produce Fresh Buying Program
Tools for Promoting Local Purchasing & Farm to School Activities: Sample Wellness Policy Language for Schools
A. 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. 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.
- Local Food Connections: From Farms to Schools. Iowa State University Extension. June 2000. 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. Geared toward food service professionals. Downloadable for free.
- Selling to Institutions: An Iowa Farmer’s Guide. By Robert Luedeman and Neil D. Hamilton. Drake University Agricultural Law Center, 2003. Downloadable for free.
- University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program 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 marketingopportunities for family farmers.
- Buy Local Food and Farm Guidebook: A Guide for Campus Organizers. Oxfam America. 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 Farm to school and farm to college case studies, links, reports, and funding ideas.
- Washington State Department of Agriculture, Small Farm and Direct Marketing 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. 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. Downloadable for free.
- 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. 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. May 2002. With a focus on Iowa, four different programs linking Iowa farms and institutions are described in this free publication.
B. Curricular Resources on Gardening, Cooking, Nutrition and the Food System
C. Funding Resources
D. Farm to School Program Websites
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