"My farm may be able to help with this. We are a small farm but usually have an abundance of beans every year. Could you please send me a little more info on this! Very interested. Thanks"
Farm-to-School District Level Policy
Hello,
I am working with two school districts in bolster Farm-2-School initiatives and am looking for examples of district level farm-2-school policy. If you can send me or point me to any such policies I would greatly appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Adam Burk
Tags: Farm-2-school, Policy
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Permalink Reply by Nikkilee Carleton on -
Adam,
I do not have an answer to your question, but I am hoping that if you get one, you would share with me. I am working on writing an article for the Maine Policy Review on the food system in Maine and I would like to include how much local food is going into school systems. Can you tell me what you learn?
Many thanks, Lee -
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Permalink Reply by Adam Burk on -
Lee,
I will be happy to. I have a call out on the Comfood Listserv as well. While that won't be Maine specific I am happy to share any responses I get on this forum as well.
I can tell you that so far it is difficult to track how much local food other than milk is going into schools because of a few variables. We are working to see how we can address this.
Best,
Adam -
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