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Farm to School in the West – A Snapshot

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farmtoschoolThe western region of the National Farm to School Network encompasses a wide range of farm to school programs, policies, and organizations. Our states are at various stages of progress with farm to school, but all enjoy support from committed and enthusiastic individuals and organizations. Farm to school programs blossomed in California more than a decade ago. The state is also the home base for the National Farm to School Network with programs in hundreds of schools. Oregon is the only state in the nation to boast official Farm to School positions in both its state Departments of Education and Agriculture. Washington has a strong Farm to School program in its Department of Agriculture backed by state legislation. A recent tally found that Montana is now home to nearly 40 school gardens. Similarly, more and more Montana schools are purchasing local food through farm to school programs, thanks in large part to recent organizing and educational efforts by Montana’s Office of Public Instruction. Idaho recently launched a new Farm to School program website. Hawai’i has strong leadership helping to grow farm to school and school garden programming in the state and research support from the University of Hawai’i. In Alaska, the state legislature just voted to enact a Farm to School program in the Alaska Department of Agriculture! Nevada has also begun to slowly come on board, with interested parties from across the state taking the first steps towards working together on farm to school efforts.

Learn more about Farm to School at:

http://www.farmtoschool.org/

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