What is Farm to School?

Farm to School is broadly defined* as a program that connects schools (K-12) and local farms with the objectives of serving healthy meals in school cafeterias, improving student nutrition, providing agriculture, health and nutrition education opportunities, and supporting local and regional farmers.

• Local products in school meals – breakfast, lunch, after school snacks; and in classrooms – snacks, taste tests, educational tools;

• Local foods related curriculum development and experiential learning opportunities through school gardens, farm tours, farmer in the classroom sessions, chefs in the classroom, culinary education, educational sessions for parents and community members, visits to farmers’ markets.
  
  

Local and Sustainable Products in 2012-2013 Menus:

Farm to School Foods
Month(s)	Food	Farm
October 2010 to December 2010	Valencia Oranges	Stehly Farms Oragnics
November 2010	Pesticide Free Apples	Raven Hill Orchards
December 2010 to January 2011	Organic Spring Mix	Be Wise
January 2011	Organic Fairchild Tangerines	Orethly Farms
February 2011	Organic Hard Winter Squash	Suzie's Farm
March 2011	Organic Happy Rich Broccoli	SD Growers & Suzie's Farm
March 2011 to May 2011	Organic Navel Oranges	Stehly Farms Organic
March 2011, 1 week	Organic Murcott Tangerines	Stehly Farms Organic
April 2011	Organic Cilantro	Sage Mountain Farms & Tierra Miguel Farms
May 2011	Strawberries	Farmers in Vista
June 2011	Organic Blackberries	Stehly Farms Organic
July 2011 to August 2011	Organic Cherry Tomatoes	Suzie's Farm
September 2011 to November 2011	Red Grapes	Old Grove Oranges
November 2011	Cherry Tomatoes	Nagata Brothers
October 2011 to November 2011	Valenica Oranges	Stehly Farms Organic
December 2011 to January 2012	Fuyu Persimmons	Sahu Sub-Tropicals
January 2012	Organic Kabocha Squash	Suzie's Farm
February 2012	Organic Avocados	Stehly Farms Organic
March 2012	Asian Pears	Kingsburg Orchards
April 2012	Kumquats	Sahu Sub-Tropicals
May 2012	Pixie Tangerines	Ojai Pixie Growers'
June & July 2012	White Nectraines	Kingsburg Orchards
August 2012	Plums	Kingsburg Orchards
September to November 2012	Pluots	Kingsburg Orchards
September to November 2012	Valencia Oranges	Old Grove Oranges
All Schol Year 2012-2013	Tofu	San Diego Soy Dairy
All Schol Year 2012-2013	Certified Organic Micro-Greens	SunGrown Distributors
November 2012	Apple Pears	Kingsburg Orchards
December 2012	Organic Persimmons	Sahu Sub-Tropicals
January to March 2013	Navel Oranges	Old Grove Oranges
February 2013	Organic Avocados	Stehly Farms Organics
March 2013	Organic Blood Oranges & CA Kiwis	Stehly Farms Organics
April 2013	Ojai Pixie Tangerines & Organic Kumquats	Ojai Pixie Growers & Sahu Sub-Tropicals

Milk

All of our milk comes from Fresno dairies. This meets our definition of Regional.

Baked tofu, San Diego Soy Dairy

Also used at Whole Foods deli and salad bar.

Whole beans, Truitt Brothers

An Oregon based company renowned fortheir sustainable source of beans from family farmers. Food Alliance certified!Learn more about Food Alliance http://foodalliance.org/

Kashi Cereals

Used on breakfast menus in select schools.

Sun Grown Organics Micro-Greens

These lovely greens will be topping three grab n' go salads this year.

San Diego Unified's Farm to School Goals

The goals presented below are our long-term goals. We do not expect to meet them over night but we will use these goals as our guiding principles for implementing our Farm to School program.

• 15% of the fresh fruits and vegetables purchased will be sourced locally.

• Serve one “all local” lunch per month.

• Use sustainably raised hormone and antibiotic free meat and/or protein sources in school meals, use locally raised proteins when possible.

• Develop supplemental Farm to School activities and experiential learning opportunities for students.

• Create community partnerships.