Our first ever Seafood Harvest of the Month was a big success thanks to all the great work done by our participating Harvest of the Month schools and institutions. There were seafood culinary workshops and seafood celebrations which resulted in new recipes learned and more seafood purchased locally and enjoyed in cafeterias around the state.  […]

We are very excited to announce the release of two new resources, a Sea to School Guide and “Sea to School: A Lunch Voyage” video (see below), to help expand the use of local seafood in school meals and seafood/marine education. These resources, developed collaboratively by Massachusetts Farm to School, Maine Farm to School Network, […]

Meet the Farm to School Network Leadership Team! For the last few years, we have heard from farm to school advocates and practitioners in Massachusetts that they are interested in forming a network to advance farm to school programs across the Commonwealth. Meetings with stakeholders, learning from farm to school partners in other states, and […]

Thank you to Senator Anne M. Gobi for shepherding the Farm to School funding amendment through the Massachusetts Senate budget process. We are also grateful to those Senators who signed on to co-sponsor the amendment: Sen. James Eldridge: James.Eldridge@masenate.gov Sen. Joan Lovely: Joan.Lovely@masenate.gov Sen. Michael Moore: Michael.Moore@masenate.gov Sen. Barbara L’Italien: barbara.l’italien@masenate.gov Sen. Eileen Donoghue: Eileen.Donoghue@masenate.gov […]

We are very excited to announce the release of our new report “The Impact of Institutional Sales on Massachusetts Farms.”  This report, authored by Melissa Adams, shares research conducted in 2015 with over 70 Massachusetts farms. Farmers were asked a number of questions about their involvement with institutional sales, including their perceptions of this market, […]

In this season of giving thanks, we have much to be thankful for at Mass. Farm to School. This season is also a time of transition, as farmers mark the end of the harvest season and look ahead to next year. Here at Mass. Farm to School we are also experiencing a time of transition. […]

The first ever Farm to School Day at the State House was held May 6, 2015. We had a packed room for the legislative briefing full of passionate farm to school advocates – legislators and aides, students, teachers, food service staff, non-profit leaders and more. You can access the Farm to School Day presentation here. […]

Did you know that cranberries are the largest agricultural crop in Massachusetts? Or that they bounce when ripe, earning them the nickname “bounce berries?” This November, students from Mass. Farm to School’s Worcester Kindergarten Initiative had the opportunity to learn about this local superfood as part of their classroom Thanksgiving activities. In true farm to […]

Throughout the past year, Mass. Farm to School Program Director Simca Horwitz has been working with partners from New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine to increase local foods procurement on college campuses and conduct research on barriers and opportunities for college food services in purchasing local foods. This regional project is being coordinated by our partner, […]

This week we bring you a guest post from an inspiring new project in the Boston Public Schools.   Located in the heart of the city of Boston, right down the street from Fenway Park, is a school pioneering the first farm-to-school project of its kind. On the back field of Boston Latin School’s campus […]

In late September, students from the Worcester Kindergarten Initiative (KI) delve into one of the most exciting parts of their farm to school program: cooking! As part of an activity about Johnny Appleseed, kindergartners prepare applesauce and apple chips in their classrooms using slow cookers and dehydrators. They carefully arrange sliced apples on the dehydrator […]