Pennsylvania Farm to School Network – Connecting children to Pennsylvania agriculture

Storytelling Contest Submissions Due November 8!

Celebrate National Farm to School Month by sharing your farm to school stories for the National Farm to School Month Storytelling Contest! Submit your story by 11:59 pm on November 8, 2024, to be entered into the raffle for some excellent prizes. Prizes may include PA Harvest of the Month printables, books and more!

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Support the Keystone Fresh Act!

The Keystone Fresh Act – PA’s Local Food Purchasing Incentive (LFPI) – will provide Pennsylvania family farmers with access to school food markets and increase the volume and variety of PA grown food products in K-12 school meals.

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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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Register for the December Virtual Open House

The PA Farm to School Network (PFSN) is hosting a virtual open house for farmers/growers, educators, school food service directors, early care and education (ECE) providers, parents and community partners to learn more about how farms can connect with local schools and farm-to-school programs during the upcoming virtual open house on Thursday, December 12th from 3-4:30 PM ET.

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

Local Food Purchasing Incentive Communications & Advocacy Toolkit

Check out this guide to advocating for a Local Food
Purchasing Incentive (LFPI) in Pennsylvania!

Support the Keystone Fresh Act

Contact your legislator and ask them to support increasing the volume and variety of PA foods in school meals!

PFSN New Member Information Sessions

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!