The Kentucky Department of Agriculture has gotten $667,700 for an innovative food service project that involves high school FFA chapters.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $12 million in Farm to School Grants this year, announcing awards to 176 grantees.
With the hard work and dedication of the Wall FFA Chapter and community businesses, the students get to look forward to locally raised beef for lunch.
From a live-birth webcam to farm-to-school pork, an Indiana school is in love with pig farming thanks to their FFA chapter’s ingenuity.
That vision came true when the Danville School District served burgers from their own FFA-raised beef as part of the Arkansas Farm to School program.
Sixty-five projects nationwide have been selected to receive the USDA’s annual farm to school grants, a program aimed to increase the amount of local foods served in schools. “Increasing the amount of local foods in America’s schools is a win-win for everyone,” said Cindy Long, Deputy Administrator for Child Nutrition Programs at USDA’s Food and […]