Pennsylvania Farm to School Network – Connecting children to Pennsylvania agriculture

New Member Info Sessions!

Want to know more about the PA Farm to School Network? Join an upcoming New Member Info Session to learn how you can get more involved with farm to school activities locally and statewide.

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The Pennsylvania Farm to School Network is advancing farm to school programs and policies across the commonwealth.

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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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RSVP: New Member Info Sessions

Want to know more about the PA Farm to School Network? Join an upcoming New Member Info Session to learn how you can get more involved with farm to school activities locally and statewide.

Let your decision makers know what your ideal school food system looks like!

The National Farm to School Network has curated a handy toolkit to provide you with step—by—step instructions and more to help you raise your voice to your incoming legislators.

Farm to School stories from the field

The Pennsylvania Farm to School Grant Program aims to improve access to healthy, local foods and increase agriculture education opportunities for pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. This resource highlights the work of five grantees across the commonwealth.