Pennsylvania Farm to School Network – Connecting children to Pennsylvania agriculture

Applications open for Pennsylvania Farm to School Institute coaches!

The Food Trust and the PA Farm to School Network are seeking individuals who are interested in supporting a school, district or Early Care and Education (ECE) team as a “coach” from June 2024 – May 2025, playing an integral role in the PA Farm to School Institute.

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Applications open for Pennsylvania Farm to School Institute coaches!

The Food Trust and the PA Farm to School Network are seeking individuals who are interested in sharing their personal and professional experience related to farm to school programming during the in-person PA Farm to School Institute retreat as workshop presenters or panelists.

Register for a PFSN New Member Information Session

Whether you are a food service professional, farmer, child care provider, nutrition educator, or involved with farm to school activities in any way, the Pennsylvania Farm to School Network welcomes you!

Farm to School Success Stories

Get some inspiration from farm to school practitioners across PA! If you have your own success story to share, learn how to submit one:

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Subscribe to the Monthly Harvest Newsletter

The Monthly Harvest newsletter helps you stay informed about farm to school in PA including funding and professional development opportunities.

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What is Farm to School?

Farm to school connects children to local agriculture through:

Procurement: Using locally grown foods in meals, snacks and Child Nutrition Programs like the National School Lunch Program. Our network uses the commonwealth of Pennsylvania as our definition of local.

School Gardens: Helping educators and students grow their own food.

Hands-On Learning: Providing experiential education through farm field trips, cooking in the classroom and more.

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Farm to School in Action

Farm to school activities are broad in scope and diverse. See below for examples of farm to school in action, featuring STEP Head Start in Williamsport and Deer Lakes School District in Western Pennsylvania. We’d love to highlight your farm to school story, too! Please use the below form to tell us what farm to school looks like in your community.

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What’s New

PFSN New Member Information Sessions

About the PA Farm to School Institute

The PA Farm to School Institute is a unique year-long learning opportunity for selected school, district or early childhood and education site teams from Pennsylvania.

National Farm to School Network Advocacy Toolkit

Ready to take another step in advocating for farm to school in the Farm Bill? Use this toolkit to learn how you can submit public input to the House Committee on Agriculture and use the provided social media and newsletter assets to share this opportunity with your community!