Farm to School

Benefits of Farm to School programs:

  • Promoting healthy eating habits in children and reducing their risk for obesity and related health disorder.
  • Providing children access to local, healthy and fresh foods.
  • Facilitating education about nutrition, food and agriculture through curriculum and activity-based or experiential learning.
  • Increasing school lunch participation.
  • Opening up new markets and increasing revenues for farmers.
  • Generating community support and awareness about local food systems and agriculture.
  • Keeping agricultural land as open space

 

For more information, contact Erin Foster West at
(406) 549-0543 ext. 109 or missoulaf2s@montana.com

Neva Hassanein, Associate Professor
Environmental Studies Program
University of Montana
406-243-6271
neva.hassanein@umontana.edu

Bonnie Buckingham
CFAC Facilitator
Missoula Food Bank
406-880-0543
cfac@montana.com

 
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The Community Food and Agriculture Coalition project was supported by the Community Food Projects Program of the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, grant number #2005-04217.

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