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State Farm to School Policy Handbook
The State Farm to School Policy Handbook: 2002-2023 is a tool for those working to advance the farm to school movement. This newest edition summarizes and analyzes every farm to school and early care and education (ECE) bill and resolution introduced from January 1, 2002, to December 31, 2023, across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and US territories.
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The Handbook provides:
- Analysis and infographics on state farm to school legislative trends;
- Links to relevant case studies on farm to school policy development and implementation efforts;
- Additional resources to support state farm to school policies.
Alongside this latest edition, we are also introducing an interactive database featuring all coded bills from the Handbook. This powerful tool helps you easily search for example policies by state, year, status, and topic. Explore the database here.
Whether you’re new to farm to school or working to expand policies in your state, the Handbook and accompanying database is a great tool. Use this resource to discover innovative policies in other states, see the trends in the farm to school policy landscape, or learn more about farm to school policy in your own state or region.
The State Farm to School Policy Handbook: 2002-2023 builds on the previous iteration (also linked below), which spanned bills and resolutions from 2002-2020, as well as a survey that was originally released in 2011, and updated in 2013, 2014, 2017, and 2019 and has previously been called the State Farm to School Legislative Survey.
