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Bringing the Farm to School

A Training Program for Agricultural Producers

The Bringing the Farm to School project is an initiative aimed at empowering agricultural producers in Farm to School markets. Since 2019, the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT), the National Farm to School Network (NFSN), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food & Nutrition Service (USDA FNS) have collaboratively driven the Bringing the Farm to School project through resource development, farm to school trainings, and fostering a national network of farm to school partners to expand farmers' awareness and readiness for farm to school programs.

Farm to School has the potential to build strong, nourished communities where kids win, communities win, and farmers win.

Program Goal: To give agricultural producers training and tools to build their capacity to launch or grow efforts to market to schools, therefore increasing sales to schools for farmers while expanding farm to school activities for students in schools and communities across the nation.
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Using a tiered, train-the-trainer model, the Bringing the Farm to School training program prepares State agencies and other representatives with the knowledge, resources and skills necessary to offer trainings to local producers in their states. Learn more in our one-pager overview, and find details more below.

Bringing the Farm to School: Agricultural Producers' Toolkit

Resources for Facilitators

Bringing the Farm to School offers facilitators multiple resources that can be used to plan and implement your Local Producer Training, which uses the Agricultural Producers' Toolkit curriculum. Click below to explore these resources.

facilitator resources

Resources for Producers

Bringing the Farm to School offers agricultural producers a trining curriculum, skill-building activities and other resources to expand marketing efforts to schools. These are offered through Local Producer Trainings. Click below to learn more.

producer resources

Case Studies

Bringing the Farm to School includes numerous case studies (in written, video and podcast format) that highlight how farmers have applied key concepts on their own farms or business operations. Click below to explore these case studies.

case studies

Have Questions?

Contact Tomas Delgado, NFSN Program Manager, tomas@farmtoschool.org, or Tammy Howard, NCAT Agricultural Specialist, tammyh@ncat.org.

This project has been funded in part by federal funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service through an agreement with the National Center for Appropriate Technology in partnership with the National Farm to School Network. The contents of this publication do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. government.