In 2023, The Food Trust expanded its Philadelphia Quarter Back for Local project which provides ECE sites with $0.25 for each meal that includes Pennsylvania-grown fruits and/or vegetables. The program, which started in 2022, aims to get more locally grown food into school meals and to support Pennsylvania local farmers. The Food Trust has been…Read More >>

In celebration of National Farm to School Month this October, federal lawmakers introduced a bill to expand the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Patrick Leahy Farm to School Program. Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett (D- U.S. Virgin Islands) and Congressman Marc Molinaro (R-NY) introduced the Farm to School Act to increase funding for the farm to…Read More >>

Harrisburg, PA – Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced PA Farm Bill Farm-to-School Grants of $605,398 to 56 schools, school districts, and childhood education centers in 28 counties. Grants of up to $15,000 will support projects aimed at improving access to healthy, local food and increasing hands-on learning for children in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. “Farm-to-School grants are…Read More >>