Farm to School is a comprehensive strategy with a goal of helping students establish lifelong positive relationships with food while supporting a more just food system. The strategies used to achieve this shift include: serving healthy local food in schools and early education programs, improving student nutrition, providing hands-on food systems learning opportunities, and developing meaningful relationships between community partners, schools and students. Farm to school supports youth in connecting the dots of where their food comes from and how their food choices impact their bodies, the environment, and their communities at large.
The Massachusetts Farm to School Institute is a year-long professional learning opportunity for a select number of early education programs and school/district teams from across Massachusetts.
The application deadline for the 2024-25 School Year has been extended until Friday, May 3rd. Please read on for more information on how to apply.
Please watch the below video for a brief overview of the Mass. Farm to School Institute.
Core components of the program are:
The 2023-2024 Mass. Farm To School Institute is presented with generous support from the Henry P. Kendall Foundation.
The MA FTS Institute is held in partnership with the Northeast Farm to School Collaborative, which has hosted the Northeast FTS Institute since 2015 with Vermont FEED. The FTS Institute model was developed and refined by Vermont FEED using evidence-based best practices in professional learning.
Phone: (413) 253-3844
Email: info@massfarmtoschool.org