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The New York State Farm to School Program was created to connect schools with local farms and food producers to strengthen local agriculture, improve student health, and promote regional food systems awareness.
Throughout New York State, school districts are incorporating locally-produced foods into school menus and educating students about the importance of New York’s farms.
NEW! Food Service Directors Farm to School Survey Results - 2009.
The Department's annual Farm to School Survey of NYS food service directors[2008] | [2009] show that over 60% of the respondents had purchased local foods and an additional 32% of respondents are interested in sourcing more foods from New York farms.
A Food Service Director Farm to School Survey, recently coordinated by the Department, shows that 63% of the respondents had purchased local foods and an additional 30% or respondents are interested in sourcing more foods from New York farms.
School administrators, teachers and parents are engaging students in Farm to School through field trips to local farms and farmers’ markets, food-producing school gardens and related curriculum such as Ag in the Classroom. The Department’s Farm to School Program works to make it easier for more schools and school districts to incorporate local food into their meals and to enhance the overall learning environment.
The New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets and the New York State Education Department, Child Nutrition Center, assist schools, communities and farmers that want to participate in Farm to School programs and connect to each other.
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