The Food Trust recently completed facilitating a two-year local food purchasing incentive project called Quarter Back for Local. This pilot project provided Philadelphia Early Care and Education (ECE) sites with $0.25 for each meal that includes Pennsylvania-grown fruits and/or vegetables and aims to get more locally grown food into school meals and to support Pennsylvania…Read More >>

The PA Farm to School Network (PFSN) is excited to announce the launch of a new program to help local communities build and enhance their Farm to School efforts. The PA Farm to School Community Mentor Program will build capacity for communities to engage in or expand farm to school efforts and build thriving local…Read More >>

October is National Farm to School Month! In October, thousands of schools, early care and education sites, farms, communities and organizations across the country celebrate “farm to school” (FTS) by engaging kids in hands-on learning experiences about food and agriculture, through school gardens and by filling lunch trays with healthy, local ingredients that nourish Pennsylvania…Read More >>