farm to school 101
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What is farm to school? Why should you do farm to school? How can you start a farm to school program? Where can you turn for more farm to school resources?TRANSCRIPT
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Farm to School: the ABC’s and 123’s of
How to Get Started
National Farm to School Network
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Farm to School
Local, Farm fresh produce in schools
School Gardens, Composting, Recycling
Nutrition Education / Experiential Learning
Farm tours / Visits by farmers
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Outline
HowHow you do Farm to School
WhyWhy we need Farm to School
WhatWhat is Farm to School
WhoWho can implement Farm to School
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WhatWhat is Farm to School
Farm to school is a school-based program that connects schools (K-12) and local farms with the objectives of:
serving healthy meals in school cafeterias
improving student nutrition
providing agriculture, health and nutrition education opportunities
supporting small and medium-sized local and regional farmers
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Connecting local farmers to schools
buy and feature farm fresh foods
incorporate nutrition-based curriculum
provide students experiential learning opportunities through farm visits, gardening, and recycling programs
access to new markets
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Benefits of Farm to School
Davis School District
Salad Bar Lunch (2004)
Winters School District
Salad Bar Lunch (2004)
3/4th cup/child/day
100%100% of USDA requirements
1.2 cup/child/day
162%162% of USDA requirements
The minimum USDA requirement for Vegetables and Fruits in a school meal for Grades K-6 is 2 or more servings of vegetables and/or fruits, equal to 3/4
cup per child per day, plus an additional 1/2 cup over the course of a week.
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www.FarmToSchool.org
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www.FarmToSchool.org
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WhyWhy we need Farm to School
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Why we need farm to school
For our Children
By some estimates 25 to 30% of American children have excess body weight, and there has been a 2.3- to 3.3-fold increase in childhood obesity over the last 25 years.
Our children will be the first generation to have a life expectancy shorter than their parents.
% of school-age children 6-11 years that are overweight late 1970’s = 6.5%2000 = 15.3%2007 = 25%
1 in 3 children born in 2000 will be diabetic in their lifetime (CDC).
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Why we need farm to school
For our Farmers
330 farm operators leave their land every week.
– USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) predicted that 98 percent of total farm operator income will come from off farm sources and at last count only 7 percent of all farm families reported 100 percent "on-farm" income.
The farmer’s share of every dollar spent on food has dropped to 19 cents from 41 cents in 1950.
Buying direct from local farmers generates 44% more revenue for the local economy than purchasing food at supermarkets. In direct marketing initiatives, farmers take home 80-90% of each dollar the consumer spends.
In the 1930s, there were close to seven million farms in the United States. Today, just over two million farms remain—less than 1 percent of the country's population.
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Why we need farm to school
For our Environment
Crop Varieties lost between 1903-1983Tomatoes: 80.6 percentLettuce: 92.8 percentCorn: 90.8 percentApples: 86.2 percent
In the U.S., the typical food item now travels from 1,500 to 2,400 miles from farm to plate, i.e. A head of CA lettuce shipped to Washington DC requires 36x more fuel energy to transport than the food energy it provides.
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Why we need farm to school
Dollars and Sense
Price of feeding one child school lunch during their tenure in k-12 = $6,000
Price of treating one adult for illness related to poor nutrition over the course
of their life= $175,000
Farm to School = Priceless
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HowHow you do Farm to School
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Implementing Farm to School
Local Product used in:– salad bars – hot entrees / other meal items– snack in classroom– taste tests– fundraisers
Educational Activities: – chef/farmer in class, cooking demos– greenhouses, waste management, recycling, and
composting– farm tours– harvest of the month– CSA in the classroom– School gardens
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Let’s get started
Start small—taste testing, farm tour, apples
Organize various stakeholders/hold a meeting
Research area farmers
Contact food service director and school administration
Identify funding sources
Market the program
Volunteer
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Headlines Help
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WhoWho can implement Farm to School
YOUstudents farmers
chefsnon-profit food groups
administrators
farmer organizations
board members
principals
community membersschool food service staff
PTA
teachers
parents
YOU
YOU
YOU
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Relationships
Q. What’s the key to sustainability?
This whole thing is about relationships.
Local farmers have two distinct advantages: Procedure - We can get fresh, high quality and safe product to the
institutions in 24 hours after harvest including all the post handling procedures. Relationship- The buyer and the grower have a real, face-to-face
knowledge of one another. We must distinguish our product and ourselves and be unique.
“We are cultivating more than just food here; this is about community, this is
about relationships.”
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National Farm to School Network
Networking
Training and Technical Assistance
PolicyInformation Services
Media and Marketing
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www.farmtoschool.org
Debra Eschmeyer
419-753-3412
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