December 12, 2014 - Farm to Cafeteria Canada

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December 12, 2014

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Schools Use Creative Approaches to Serve Local Foods (And to Get Kids to Eat Them)

December 12, 2014F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Serving locally grown food is a big trend in school cafeterias, but it can seem out-of-reach for some food-service programs, particularly those in small, rural schools. To ease the path for those schools, and to encourage innovations that others can adopt, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm to School program awards planning and implementation grants...

Dec

Gleaning Handbook

December 12, 2014F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Publications, Tools/Toolkit

Harvesting leftover crops after the commercial harvest Find out how the practice of gleaning could be used to incorporate local, healthy food into the school system. Gleaning can be a great source of affordable food, experiential learning and a way to reduce food waste Gleaning is defined as harvesting leftover crops from a farmers’ field...