Cultivating Your Farm to School Program · 2018-07-20 · © COPYRIGHT 2018 SCHOOL NUTRITION...

Cultivating Your Farm to School Program

Dr. Debra Morris, EdD, SNS

School Nutrition Director

• Debra Morris

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• Identify ways to promote student health by incorporating more locally grown foods in the meals served at school to support the growth of healthy eating habits

• Describe ways to increase students knowledge of where their food comes from, how it is grown, and the benefits of eating locally grown foods

• Understand the value of strengthening local economies by developing new markets for farmers and connecting students to the source of their food

Session Objectives

Why Farm to School?

Farm to School enriches the connection communities have with fresh, healthy food and local food producers

by changing food purchasing and education practices at schools and preschools

Establishing Farm to School

Farm to School in Jackson County

Georgia Grown Test Kitchen

Feed My School For A Week

2020 Vision

Shake It Up

Golden Radish Award

State Initiatives

Veggie Patch Garden Salad

Wayne Farms Roasted Chicken

Roasted Vegetables

Georgia Clay Sweet Potato

General Jackson Peach Shortcake

Lunch Is Served

• Feed My School helps bridge the gaps in the nutritional value and quality of food served in Georgia schools, while providing more farm to cafeteria opportunities. The result is healthier students, decreased barriers in farm to cafeteria opportunities and increased awareness as students learn and experience, both educationally and nutritionally, where their food comes from.

Feed My School for A Week

The vision for the 2020 project is to

have at least 20 percent of every meal

in every Georgia public school to be

comprised of Georgia products by the

start of the 2020 school year. In

addition, 20 percent of Georgia public

schools will be challenged to reach the

50 percent mark for their menu content.

2020 Vision

An initiative by our Georgia School Nutrition Department to change the culture of school nutrition by focusing on three key areas; Tasty Meals, Friendly Cafeterias and Happy Schools. In Jackson County we do so with an emphasis on Farm to School.

Shake It Up

The Golden Radish Award is given to Local Educational Agencies in Georgia who are doing extraordinary work in farm to school. The Award is presented by the Georgia Department of Education, Georgia Department of Agriculture, Georgia Department of Public Health, the UGA Cooperative Extension, and Georgia Organics. The Golden Radish Award publicly recognizes school districts for all aspects of farm to school, from local food procurement to hosting taste tests and gardening with students. Recognition promotes healthy eating habits and incorporate Georgia’s great agricultural food products into our school lunchrooms.

Golden Radish Award

School Gardens

Working With Local Farmers

Taste Testing

Hands on Experiences

Partnerships

The Benefits of Farm to School

At School And At Home

• Increased fruit and vegetable

consumption

• Increased school meal participation

• Increased requests for parents to

provide sampled produce at home

Students Benefit

Expand market opportunity, income

potential

• Sell ‘surplus’ product and second

run produce

• Diversify market, help manage risk

• Increase demand and awareness

for local foods

Farmers Benefit

• Circulates money within the

community to support the

local and state economy

• Creates more jobs

• Connects school nutrition

staff directly with food

producers to offer increased

selection of products for

school meals

Community Benefits

Everyone Is A Winner

Questions?

Debra Morris

Jackson County Schools

dmorris@jcss.us

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