Daily Hampshire Gazette: Partnerships Fuel Farm-to-School

9/23/2019

By Margaret Christie

his year’s back-to-school season has come with lots of good news about the farm-to-school efforts underway in local K-12 and college dining services.

Our schools are serving more local food in the cafeteria, growing food and teaching lessons in school gardens and connecting food and farms to learning goals in the classroom. These activities make our schools more vibrant and nourishing, and their benefits reach farms, businesses and surrounding communities…

…Both Springfield and Northampton will send teams to Massachusetts Farm to School’s annual Institute in October. In both communities, the teams are notable because of their broad representation, including high-level administrators (such as Northampton’s superintendent), a school committee member, and staff from classrooms, dining services and garden programs…

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