1. MELANIE HARRIS NUTRITIONAL COORDINATOR GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE MELANIE.HARRIS@AGR.GEORGIA.GOV Farm to School 101

2. 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. What is it again?

3. NUTRITION EDUCATION AGRICULTURE-RELATED LESSONS AND CURRICULUM SCHOOL OR COMMUNITY GARDENS FARM TOURS TASTE TESTING PARENT/COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS. Yep, it’s all F2S

4. CAFETERIA CLASSROOM CULINARY EXPERIENCE COMMUNITY Remember the 4 C’s

5. What role do we at GDA play?

6. MISSION OF “FEED MY SCHOOL:” THE FEED MY SCHOOL INITIATIVE INCREASES THE NUTRITIONAL VALUE AND QUALITY OF FOOD IN GEORGIA SCHOOLS AND BRIDGES THE COMMUNICATION GAPS FROM THE FARM TO THE CAFETERIA, RESULTING IN HEALTHIER GEORGIA CHILDREN. AS THE MISSION CONTINUES TO EXPAND AND REACH EVERY SCHOOL ACROSS THE STATE, THERE WILL BE DECREASED BARRIERS IN THE FARM TO SCHOOL EFFORTS AND INCREASED AWARENESS AS STUDENTS LEARN AND EXPERIENCE, BOTH EDUCATIONALLY AND NUTRITIONALLY, WHERE THEIR FOOD COMES FROM. Feed My School For a Week

7. Resources Provided by GDA HELPED EACH SCHOOL PROVIDE AT LEAST 75- %100 OF ALL THE FOOD SERVED ON EACH PLATE THE WEEK OF THE PROGRAM TO BE GEORGIA GROWN. PROVIDE TRAININGS IN FOOD SAFETY AND FOOD PREPARATION WHERE NEEDED PROVIDE RECIPE DEVELOPMENT WHEN NEEDED CHILDREN’S LITERATURE REQUIRED FOR THE WEEK OF THE PROGRAM GIVE THE LOCAL NUTRITION DIRECTOR A SEASONAL CHART FOR PURCHASING MEDIA OF THE EVENT GEORGIA GROWN MARKETING PACKETS

8. Educational Goals HOST A KICK-OFF ASSEMBLY WHERE HOLD AT LEAST ONE GEORGIA COMMODITY “TASTE TESTING” HOST A SCHOOL-WIDE ART CONTEST THAT PRESENTS ANY FORM OF ARTWORK CENTERED ON ANY SINGLE GEORGIA FOOD COMMODITY DISTRIBUTE AND DISCUSS A PIECE OF LITERATURE HIGHLIGHTING AGRICULTURE

9. Educational Goals PROVIDE CLEAR IDENTIFICATION OF WHAT FOODS ARE BEING SERVED AND NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION “WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT GEORGIA AGRICULTURE THIS WEEK…” IN AN ESSAY/SHORT STORY/ETC. CONTEST. EACH SCHOOL IS ENCOURAGED TO SET UP THREE ADDITIONAL GOALS FOR COMPLETION

10. # OF STUDENTS AFFECTED- OVER 1600 # OF STUDENTS WHO WENT ON FARM FIELD TRIPS - 700 # OF SCHOOL GARDENS- 34 # OF AG LITERATURE DISTRIBUTED- OVER 93 BOOKS (ONE TO EVERY CLASSROOM AS WELL AS A COPY FOR EACH LIBRARY) # OF GG MEALS AT 75-100% SERVED THROUGHOUT FMS – OVER 7,500 Last Year’s Success (Bleckley Co., Colquitt Co., Hall Co.)

11. Let’s Take a Look

12. In the Cafeteria

13. Labeled Food Lines

14. Art Contest

16. Farm Field Trips

17. Mini Ag Expo

18. Ag Education

20. Menu Item Tracker Copy of Menu Item Tracker.xlsx

21. Farmer Bios

22. CONTINUE WORKING WITH PILOT SCHOOLS ADD UP TO 5 NEW SCHOOL SYSTEMS FOR 2012 (MADISON, BIBB, FORSYTH, CHATHAM, GRADY) BEGIN WEBSITE DEVOLVEMENT CREATE USABLE MATERIALS Moving Forward

23. CONTINUED DIRECT INVOLVEMENT AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE FROM GDA AND GDOE FOR THREE MORE CONSECUTIVE YEARS—TOTALING 4 YEARS TOTAL INVOLVEMENT Moving Forward

24. EVALUATION WILL BE PERFORMED ON LAST YEAR’S FMS PROGRAM ACROSS ALL AREAS Procurement Challenges associated with operating a farm to school program Grower relationships Distributor relationships Food safety concerns, Agriculture education development Food volume Alternate farm to school methods when Georgia’s foods are not in season Moving Forward

25. AIM TO FEATURE GEORGIA GROWN FOOD ITEMS FOR AN ENTIRE MONTH AT A %30-50 AVERAGE. SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL ALSO BE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN SERVING SOME OF THE SAME LOCAL FOOD ITEMS ACROSS ALL LOCAL SCHOOLS WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICT. WORKING TOWARD A FARM TO SCHOOL MIND SET IN ALL SCHOOL FOOD PURCHASING FOR EACH RESPECTIVE SYSTEM. Moving Forward

26. What Roles Can UGA play? EXTENSION-CROSS COLLABORATION OF RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING EDUCATION EVALUATION STUDIES COMMUNICATION

27. Resources Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives. -Tony Robbins http://www.extension.umn.edu/f arm-to-school/toolkit/ http://www.extension.umn.edu/f arm-to-school/toolkit/ http://www.farmtoschool.org/ind ex.php http://www.farmtoschool.org/ind ex.php http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/f2s / http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/f2s /

28. Let’s play the question game…..

29. MELANIE HARRIS NUTRITIONAL COORDINATOR GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE MELANIE.HARRIS@AGR.GEORGIA.GOV Farm to School 101