Farm to school programs include initiatives that bring communities and schools closer to local agriculture. These initiatives can include serving locally or regionally-produced foods in school cafeterias; providing hands-on learning activities such as school gardening, farm visits, and culinary classes; and integrating food-related education into the regular, standards-based classroom curriculum.
Not only do these programs benefit students across the country, but they also can serve as a financial opportunity for farmers, fishers, food processors and food manufacturers by opening doors to an institutional market worth billions of dollars.
Farm to School Institutes are Day-long workshops to be conducted in-person to help bring community partners together to support Farm to School efforts in TN.