Grant Recipient: South Shore YMCA   South Shore YMCA Preschool students, clad in raincoats of every color, marched through the rain and puddles to their outdoor classroom on Monday. They had their scheduled garden lesson with Farmer Kate, and were curious about, but quickly ignored the over two dozen Farm to School champions gathered […]

2022-2023 Massachusetts Farm to School Institute Team Update  The Institute is a year-long professional learning opportunity for a select number of school/district teams from across Massachusetts. Institute teams gather at a Fall retreat to develop a Farm to School action plan for the year and to  network with other participating schools and districts. Teams are […]

  Grant Recipient: Somerville Public Schools   On Tuesday, May 23rd a group of 10th graders from Somerville High School’s Culinary Arts program took a field trip to Groundwork Somerville’s South Street Farm. South Street Farm is the City of Somerville’s only urban farm, and they manage to pack in a lot of produce in […]

Please join us in welcoming our new Advisory Board Members! Sam Icklan Sam Icklan is the Director of Community Nutrition Services at Project Bread, leading on programming that provides professional development training and culinary support to school food service professionals to increase the quality of school meals. Sam has over 20 years of food service […]

Read below for some key lessons and highlights from the Mass. Farm to School Institute’s School & District Teams. Learn how they are putting farm to school into action. We look forward to sharing the work from our new group of 2022-2023 teams! 2018-2019 Team Report 2019-2020 Team Report 2021-2022 Team Report 2022-2023 Team Report […]

 On August 30th, we had a great time meeting with school nutrition staff from Greenfield Public Schools at Just Roots Farm in Greenfield, MA! The event started with a walking tour of the farm led by Brooke Bullock (Just Root’s Community Engagement Coordinator). We saw the beautiful community gardens, available to anyone who wants a […]

We are pleased to announce our 2021 Kale Blazers! The Kale Blazer recognizes an individual or group of individuals who have demonstrated excellence and leadership in farm to school activity in Massachusetts. These are people innovating and setting inspiring examples for others to learn from. Anna Cynar, Farm to School Coordinator & Science Teacher, Innovation […]

Massachusetts Farm to School and the Massachusetts Food for Massachusetts Kids Coalition hosted a policy briefing on October 19th for state policymakers to hear about the bill to establish a Massachusetts Farm to School Grant Program (S.349 and H.686). Thank you to everyone who attended the briefing or encouraged your local representatives to attend! State […]

Our Program Manager, Rachel Harb, will be moving on to a new position with the Rosenberg Fund for Children on November 20th. We’ve had the pleasure of working with her for nearly four years and will miss the dedication and passion she brought to our Mass. Farm to School team. During her time with us, […]

We are delighted to have been given the opportunity to present Farm to School Month Certificates of Appreciation to members of our farm to school community who were nominated by their peers to honor and recognize their hard work and dedication, not only during these challenging times, but at all times. (Thank you to everyone […]

Our hearts are heavy as we join communities across the country grieving the continued loss of Black lives to police violence and racism. We are committed to listening, learning, and acting to demand racial justice. We know that we still have much work to do to transform Mass. Farm to School into a more fully […]