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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is sending nearly $313,000 to Kentucky in grants under the Farm to School program, which encourages the use of fresh, local food in schools.
Two grants for a total of $87,957 went to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, which manages the program in Kentucky and will use most of the money to expand it. ?This will help our children grow up to be healthy and strong,? Agriculture Commissioner James Comer said. ?This also will help Kentucky farmers have the certainty of a market for their products.?
Other Farm to School grants awarded to Kentucky were: $100,000 to the Food Literacy Project at Oxmoor Farm Inc., to create a working vegetable farm that will give students hands-on gardening experience and provide vegetables for students in the Jefferson County Public Schools; $79,750 to the Owsley County School District for equipment needed to expand and diversify crops the locally produced foods served in the schools? cafeterias; and $45,000 to the Taylor County School District for a school garden where students will grow produce that will be sold to the school food-service office. The district also will develop an assessment for its farm-to-school program.
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USDA makes grants to expand Farm to School in Ky.
Two grants for a total of $87,957 went to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, which manages the program in Kentucky and will use most of the money to expand it. ?This will help our children grow up to be healthy and strong,? Agriculture Commissioner James Comer said. ?This also will help Kentucky farmers have the certainty of a market for their products.?
Other Farm to School grants awarded to Kentucky were: $100,000 to the Food Literacy Project at Oxmoor Farm Inc., to create a working vegetable farm that will give students hands-on gardening experience and provide vegetables for students in the Jefferson County Public Schools; $79,750 to the Owsley County School District for equipment needed to expand and diversify crops the locally produced foods served in the schools? cafeterias; and $45,000 to the Taylor County School District for a school garden where students will grow produce that will be sold to the school food-service office. The district also will develop an assessment for its farm-to-school program.
- Farm To School Program Teaches Perry County Students How To Eat Healthier, Explores Local Food As An Industry In Eastern Ky.
Image from WYMT Mountain NewsPerry County students are learning about nutrition through the Farm to School program, which aims to inform students about healthy food while supporting local food systems, Callie Rainey reports for WYMT-TV in Hazard. "We...
- Nationally And Statewide, Farm-to-school Program Is A Success
With approximately 80 Kentucky school districts participating in the Farm to School program, many of them are finding special ways to celebrate National Farm to School Month, with much to celebrate, as a preliminary U.S. Department of Agricuture report...
- Kentucky Is One Of Three States To Get Walmart Foundation Money To Expand Farm-to-school Programs
Kentucky will use money from The Walmart Foundation to partner with the National Farm to School Network to expand efforts to get more local foods into schools. A project called Seed Change will ?jump start? programs that get local...
- Students In Kentucky Are Invited To Celebrate Farm To School Week In Annual Farm To School Art Contest
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