Farm to School and school gardens in Morrow County

Oregon harvest brings us together

Farm to School connects Oregon farmers, ranchers, seafood harvesters and food processors with school cafeterias, early child care centers and summer meal sites. Oregon kids eat more Oregon foods. They get to learn how food is produced through school gardens, field trips to farms, ranches and fishing communities and grower visits to the classroom.

People and organizations all around Oregon – schools, businesses, nonprofits, agricultural producer associations, public agencies and many others – have been working together to get more Oregon foods on the lunch line and more kids engaged in food- and garden-based education.

Farm to School and school garden programs are unique to the places and people who run them.

Farm to School isn’t a “program” you sign up for, receive standardized materials and instructions, and build in a one-size-fits-all way. Farm to School is a big and broad vision, backed by interdisciplinary practices, policy and research.