Local Food Incentives
Local Food Incentives can help school districts increase the purchase of local and regional foods to serve in school cafeterias. These incentives also help create new business relationships between school food directors, producers and food hubs. Incentives are available in Connecticut through both federal and state funding. Learn more about Local Food Incentives.
Farm to Early Care and Education (ECE)
Farm to Early Care and Education (ECE) incorporates the three core elements of local procurement, gardens, and food and Agriculture education to advance health and wellbeing, engages families and communities, and enhances the quality of the ECE setting. Learn more about early Care and Education.
Connecticut Farm to School Collaborative
The Connecticut Farm to School Collaborative is a multi-stakeholder partnership whose function is to pursue projects together that no one partner could do alone. The Collaborative functions as an informal working group committed to growing Farm to School in Connecticut. Coordination is provided in-kind by UConn Extension and FoodCorps CT, and meetings are hosted by Hartford Public Schools Food Services. The Collaborative meets monthly to network, collaborate, and support efforts across the state. Learn more at the Connecticut Farm to School Collaborative website.
Northeast Farm to School Collaborative
The Northeast Farm to School Collaborative is a collective movement of educators, food providers, and policy advocates working collaboratively to catalyze food system change, starting with the school community. By building connections among classrooms, cafeterias, and communities, they increase student knowledge, improve attitudes toward healthy and local food, and become an important catalyst for rebuilding a more sustainable food system. Being a region of small- and medium-sized states that rely on shared supply chain infrastructure, the Northeast partners work together on many aspects of Farm to School.
National Farm to School Network
National Farm to School Network is an information, advocacy and networking hub for communities working to bring local food sourcing, school gardens and food and agriculture education into schools and early care and education settings. Learn more at the National Farm to School Network website.