Resources for Current Farm to School Grantees
Resources will assist grantees on how to get started after receiving their award, access contact information, and successfully complete reports, evaluations, and financial documentation.
The Dirt: Farm to School e-Letter
The Dirt is USDA’s Farm to School program monthly e-Letter with updates, webinar info, relevant news, and field notes.
Integrating Local Foods into Child Nutrition Programs
This fact sheet, available in both English and Spanish, reviews the steps to successfully integrate local food in child nutrition programs.
Local Meat in Schools
This factsheet gives examples, tips, and information for putting local meat on school menus.
USDA Foods: A Resource for Maximizing Food Budgets To Buy Local
This factsheet explains how USDA Foods support the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the school meal pattern requirements to make it easier for schools to prepare healthy meals using local foods.
Selling Local Food to Schools: A Resource for Producers
This factsheet reviews best practices for producers to learn about how to sell local food to schools.
USDA DoD Fresh Program: A Source for Locally Grown Produce
This fact sheet provides information on how to use USDA DoD Fresh to purchase local produce.
Local Procurement Decision Tree
This fact sheet features the various paths a school can take to bring local foods into the cafeteria with your next food purchase.
Farm to School Grantee Progress Reports (2022 Grantees)
Progress reports for each of the Farm to School Grants awarded in 2022.
Farm to CACFP
Farm to preschool works to connect early child care and education settings to local food producers with the objectives of serving locally-grown, healthy foods to young children, providing related nutrition education, and improving child nutrition.