Excerpt: Findings from the 2018 and 2019 grantee reports show that Farm to School grants are important resources that supported a wide range of farm to school activities, bringing local foods and knowledge to schools and communities across the country. Students benefited from hands-on education on nutrition and healthy foods, gardening, plant and animal production, recycling, composting, and sourcing local foods. Schools and local producers developed the infrastructure to bring local foods to cafeterias, and nutrition and cooking staff learned new ways to incorporate these foods into school meals. Figures included: Figure 1. Results of Farm to School Grant Program activities --- Figure 2. Most common grantee activities --- Figure 3. Estimated minimum number of students benefiting from various farm to school activities.
