Farm to School

USDA’s Farm to School Grant funds school districts, state and local agencies, Indian tribal organizations, agricultural producers, and non-profit organizations in their efforts to increase local foods served through child nutrition programs, teach children about food and agriculture through garden and classroom education, and develop schools’ and farmers’ capacities to participate in farm to school.

Through this grant, Plumas County Office of Education and Plumas Unified School District have been able to implement the Farm to School Program, which provides support for sourcing locally as well as regionally.

An article published by the Plumas Sun details how PUSD's partnership with The Feather River Food System Collaborative helps achieve the goal of getting more local foods into the school cafeterias:

"The Feather River Food System Collaborative is a project recently funded by the California Department of Food and Agriculture Office of Farm to Fork. Grant writer Lisa Kelly reported that, through working with the Plumas Sierra County Fair Foundation as its fiscal agent, the project “has created a collaboration with regional food producers and academic institutions to expand the capacity of regional schools to offer locally sourced food, year-round, by providing a central commissary/training kitchen to teach students and staff to procure, preserve, and package farm products.” The Lost Sierra Food Project and Rugged Roots Farm is a primary project partner."

Read the full article from The Plumas Sun.

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