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Seven Ways Farm to School Can Make You ‘Cool’

October 03, 2019 Tony Craddock, Jr., Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Food and Nutrition Service

As we celebrate Farm to School Month this October, we can all feel the temperatures cooling down with the fall season. Here are seven ways USDA’s Farm to School Program can make your school and community ‘cooler’ throughout the year!

Food and Nutrition

Farm to School Goes Year Round in the Northeast

October 07, 2016 Danielle Fleury, USDA Northeast Regional Farm to School Lead and Katina Kefalas, Program Specialist, USDA Food and Nutrition Service Northeast Regional Office

Over the past few summers, sponsors of USDA’s Summer Meals Programs have been elevating meal quality and encouraging program participation by serving seasonal menus, utilizing high quality ingredients, and providing nutrition education activities. We’ve heard of such farm to summer activities – the...

Food and Nutrition

Farmers Markets Bring Farm-Fresh Foods & Fun to Summer Meals

August 12, 2016 Danielle Fleury, USDA Farm to School Regional Lead, Food and Nutrition Service

This National Farmers Market Week, we celebrate a growing national trend that exemplifies the power of partnership in achieving common goals. Across the country, sponsors of USDA’s Summer Meals Programs are joining forces with their local farmers markets, realizing a multitude of shared benefits...

Food and Nutrition Farming

Strawberries, Blueberries, Corncobs, Oh My! - Bringing the Farm to Summer

June 02, 2016 Janna Raudenbush, Public Affairs Specialist, Food and Nutrition Service

Fields of asparagus and peas are in full bounty, soon to make way for sweet, juicy strawberries; towering stalks of corn; and more tomatoes than you’d ever know what to do with! In many parts of the country, as we approach summer, the warm weather means that local harvests are at their peak, and...

Food and Nutrition

Lessons Learned from Farm to Summer Successes

June 25, 2015 Danielle Fleury and Kacie O'Brien, Farm to School Regional Leads, Food and Nutrition Service

As the school year draws to a close, many program operators that help keep our nation’s children nourished and active are just ramping up. When school is out, many school districts and an array of nonprofit partners step up to offer healthy summer meals through USDA’s Summer Food Service Program...

Food and Nutrition
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