Farm to School Overview
Why market your products to schools?
- Provides steady, high-volume market
- Diversifies your market channels
- Provides outlet for selling cosmetically imperfect produce
- Spreads farm recognition across community (including staff, teachers, & parents)
- Grows demand from the next generation!
Important Links for Information
Bringing the Farm to School Toolkit, National Farm to School Network / National Center for Approved Technology
This toolkit contains a full guide to successfully selling into institutions.
Selling Local Food to Schools, USDA Office of Community Food Systems
Check out this two-page fact sheet from the USDA for a quick primer on selling local food to schools.
Farm to School Rocks!, Farm Aid
This page features a great infographic and helpful resources for farmers to get started.
Growing Opportunities: F2S Benefits for Farmers Webinar, National Farm to School Network
Watch the recording of this hour-long webinar to hear from farmers who are selling to schools on how its benefitted their business. Slides from the presentation are also available for download.
Toggle through the tabs on the left to learn more!