Summer is winding down and schools, families, and communities are busy preparing for the 2024-25 school year. A new school year brings new opportunities to include farm to school (FTS) activities into your program, like incorporating local food items into the lunch menu, installing raised beds in your school garden and inviting farmers to visit your classroom to expand your agriculture education curriculum. Below are some tips and resources to…Read More >>

You’re invited to the PA Farm to School Network’s (PFSN) September virtual open house on September 26th from 3-4:30 pm to discuss National Farm to School (FTS) Month celebrations. National FTS Month is this October! Thousands of schools, early care and education sites, farms, communities and organizations across the country will celebrate FTS by engaging…Read More >>

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA), Bureau of Food Assistance has received approximately $4.8 million in Local Foods for Schools (LFS) funding from USDA to distribute to eligible School Food Authorities (SFAs) to be used exclusively to purchase unprocessed or minimally processed, locally or regionally sourced, domestic food products to help SFAs access additional food…Read More >>