Tools and Resources

Resources:

• Farm to School Grant Applications Now Available
• Vermont FEED's 2009 Annual Report
• New! Download VT FEED's Taste Test Guide for Schools

• Raise money for your Farm to School Program with Farm to School Arts Note Cards for more information click here

• New! Download VT FEED's Guide for Using Local Foods in Schools

Download Entire Guide

• Download VT FEED Farm to School Guide for Connecting Farms to Schools and Communities here
• Vermont Harvest Calendar for the School Year

Vermont school food facts & figures :

• 31 percent of Vermont’s school-aged children receive more than half of their daily nutritional intake from school meals.
• 26 percent of Vermont children are at risk of, or are, overweight.
• Less than one third of Vermont’s children eat the recommended daily intake of fruits and vegetables.
• $31 million is spent each year by Vermont school food programs.
• 329 schools are potential clients for the many Vermont farmers seeking local markets.
• The average school meal currently travels more than 1,500 miles from farm to table, creating an enormous storage and transportation related carbon footprint.

VT FEED works with teachers, food service personnel, farmers, school administration and staff, school partners and volunteers to improve school food and food education for all children

Visit Shelburne Farms' store to order VT FEED's Farm to School Toolkit to help you get started with your Farm to School work