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 a solid investment in feeding hungry minds and feeding our future, Secretary Redding said. “Introducing children to fresh, locally produced food changes childrens’ lives. Those children introduce their families to new foods and what they have learned about local farmers who produce their food. The Shapiro Administration is making critical investments in childhood nutrition and agriculture to feed the future of our communities, and to broaden opportunities for children to succeed and Pennsylvania farms to prosper.”

Funded projects connect local farmers to schools to supply fresh, in-season products to be served in cafeterias, expanding market opportunities for farmers. Other projects support school gardens, field trips, and other hands-on agriculture education, enriching early awareness of career opportunities.

Grant recipients and amounts by county are as follows:

Adams

Conewago Valley School District — $6,133

YWCA Gettysburg and Adams County — $8,545

Allegheny

Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship — $15,000

Armstrong

Apollo-Ridge School District — $15,000

Bedford

Allegheny Lutheran Social Ministries — $2,502

Watch Me Grow Early Learning Center — $15,000

Blair

Begin With Us Childcare and Preschool — $15,000

Bradford

Canton High School — $4,850

Northeast Bradford Elementary School — $2,400

Bucks

Bristol Township School District — $15,000

Butler

Butler Area School District — $15,000

Chester

Avon Grove Charter School — $7,500

Unionville Chadds Ford School District — $15,000

Treehouse Childcare Services — $15,000

Clearfield

DuBois Area School District — $15,000

Moshannon Valley School District — $11,209

Crawford

Titusville Area School District — $15,000

Cumberland

South Middleton School District — $15,000

Dauphin

Hansel & Gretel Early Learning Center — $10,000

Erie

Early Connections — $10,085

Franklin

Waynesboro Early Learning Center — $12,690

Huntingdon

Southern Huntingdon County School District — $15,000

Lackawanna

Discovery Montessori — $7,000

Lancaster

Central Manor Elementary School — $4,500

Conestoga Elementary School — $11,250

Hamilton Elementary School — $5,480

Penn Manor School District — $11,250

YWonderful Kids at YWCA Lancaster — $5,000

Lehigh

Kiddie City Early Learning Center — $15,000

Luzerne

The Learning Station — $15,000

Cheder Menachem — $9,940

Mercer

George Junior Republic — $15,000

Mifflin

Sacred Heart of Jesus School — $14,388

Monroe

Clear Run Elementary Center — $1,676

Clear Run Intermediate School — $1,676

Countryside Daycare and Preschool — $15,000

Swiftwater Elementary Center — $1,676

Tobyhanna Elementary Center — $872

Montour

The Learning Tree Childcare Center — $14,890

Philadelphia

Caring People Alliance — $15,000

The Children’s Playhouse Early Learning Center — $15,000

Children’s Village — $15,000

Frederick Goode — $11,900

Nurturing Creative Minds Child Care Center — $15,000

Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill Preschool — $15,000

School District of Philadelphia — $15,000

Wissahickon Charter School Fernhill Campus — $10,339

Pike

Green Trees Early Learning Center — $5,000

Washington

Avella Area School District — $7,000

California Academy of Learning Charter School — $10,874

California Area School District — $15,000

York

Dover Area School District — $15,000

Little Blessings Day Care — $2,700

Southern York County School District — $15,000

Find a map of previous Farm to School and other PA Farm Bill grant recipients in your area as well as details of initiatives to grow and sustain Pennsylvania agriculture at agriculture.pa.gov/pafarmbill


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