In a program last year, students from the Farm Hill Elementary and Snow Elementary Schools in Middletown planted carrot seeds at Cold Spring Farm in Colchester. Months later, fifth graders from ...

Agriculture is one of Connecticut’s most vital yet chronically overlooked industries. With 370,000 acres of active farmland, our agricultural sector contributes more than $4 billion annually to the ...

USDA announced funding for its Farm to School Grant program. (Photo by Brandon O’Connor, NRCS/USDA ) The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it had improved and expanded its Farm to School Grant ...

For Carl Motsenbocker, Farm to School is more than just a program. It's about local food systems and working to teach children and feed children within a local food area. For more than 20 years, he ...

The local foods to schools movement has grown at leaps and bounds across the country and was preparing for a federal boost of about $660 million to be awarded for Local Food to Schools projects. The ...

What do locally grown apples, visiting pumpkin patches and starting a school garden have in common? They’re all ways to participate in Indiana Grown for Schools, a statewide initiative that supports ...

GRAND FORKS – Wendy Mankie, the child nutrition director at Grand Forks Public Schools, is confident in farm-to-school programs in the district despite federal budget cuts. Farm-to-school programs are ...