Today: Webinar to Help Organizations With Farm to School Programs

Today, October 7, 2010, USDA is hosting a free webinar featuring "information about starting or expanding Farm to School efforts."

The webinar, "Digging Through Farm to School Resources" will be held on October 7 at 2 p.m. EDT and is hosted by the USDA Farm to School Team and the National Farm to School Network.

Registration is required to participate.  You can register online at http://vovici.com/wsb.dll/s/17fb9g46ec0.

The webinar will also be archived at http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/F2S/.


"The Farm to School initiative is an effort to connect schools with regional or local farms in order to serve healthy meals using locally produced foods.  Farm to School activities may vary from community to community; however, the basic goals remain the same: to meet the diverse needs of school nutrition programs in an efficient manner, to support regional and local farmers and thereby strengthen local food systems, and to provide support for health and nutrition education."

To read the USDA news release, click here.

Posted: 10/07/2010