Starting in January 2025, six (6) Regional Farm to School Coordinators began offering technical assistance to child nutrition sponsors to help utilize their Federal and State Farm to School Incentives.
Click on the region below to see each Regional Coordinator assignments.
Northeast Region, Northwest Region, South Central Region, Southeast Region, Southwest Region
AnaAlicia Cruz
AnaAlicia Cruz
South Central Region
AnaAlicia.Cruz@uconn.edu
AnaAlicia Cruz will be assisting districts with their Farm to School activities in the South Central region. In addition to her role as a Regional Farm to School Coordinator, AnaAlicia is the Founder and Executive Director of Nourish My Soul, a nonprofit that serves as a model for youth leadership & equitable food systems. AnaAlicia uses her education in both Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculture to empower and excite young people to grow, prepare, and share healthy foods.
South Central Region Plus
| ACES | Elm City College Preparatory School | North Haven School District |
| Achievement First Bridgeport | Guilford School District | Orange School District |
| Amistad Academy | Hamden School District | |
| Bethany School Distrcit | Hartford School District | Regional District #13 |
| Bloomfield School District | Hartford: Achievement First | Regional District #17 |
| Bloomfield: CREC Museum Academy | Hartford: CREC Montessori Magnet | Regional School District #5 |
| Boys & Girls Village | Hartford: High Road School of Hartford High | Southern CT Hebrew Academy |
| Branford School District | Hartford: High Road School of Hartford Primary | Wallingford School District |
| Brass City Charter School | Hartford: Jumoke Academy Charter (Hartford) | Wallingford: Holy Trinity Church |
| Cheshire School District | Highville Charter School | West Haven School District |
| Childrens Center of Hamden | Meriden School District | West Haven: Hope Academy |
| Childrens Community School | Milford School District | West Haven: St. Lawrence School |
| Clinton School District | New Haven School District | Westbrook School District |
| Common Ground HS | New Haven: All Saints Catholic Academy | Woodbridge School District |
Becky Fahey
Becky Fahey
Southeast Region
Rebecca.Fahey@uconn.edu
Becky Fahey will be assisting districts with their Farm to School activities in the Southeast region. Becky (she/her) is a certified early childhood teacher with an MA in Education and 20 years of environmental and agricultural education experience. She has worked as a farmer, farm education coordinator, farm-to-table culinary instructor, and educational coach. Passionate about local food and food access, she is eager to support professionals in connecting children with sustainable food systems.
South Central Region Plus
| Adelbrook, Inc. The Children's Home | Integrated Day Charter School District | Norwich: Sacred Heart School |
| Berlin School District | Interdistrict School for Arts & Communication District | Norwich: Wildhood Christian School |
| Canterbury Public Schools | Klingberg Family Center | Old Saybrook School District |
| Chester School District | LEARN | Portland School District |
| Colchester School District | Lebanon School District | Preston School District |
| Cromwell School District | Ledyard School District | Regional School District 04 |
| Deep River School District | Lisbon School District | Regional School District 18 |
| East Haddam School District | Middletown School District | Rocky Hill School District |
| East Hampton School District | Montville School District | Salem School District |
| East Hampton: The Learning Center at East Hampton | New Britain Public Schools | Stonington School District |
| East Lyme School District | New Britain: FTN CT Holdings, LLC (Solterra) | Voluntown School District |
| Enfield Public Schools | New London School District | Waterford Country School |
| Enfield: St. Bernard | Newington Public Schools | Waterford School District |
| Essex School District | North Stonington School District | West Hartford School District |
| Griswold School District | Norwich Free Academy | |
| Groton School District | ||
Brenna “B” Regan
Brenna "B" Regan
Southwest Region
Brenna.Regan@uconn.edu
Brenna, who goes by "B" will be assisting districts with their Farm to School activities in the Southwast region. B (they/she) has also been a teaching assistant, substitute teacher and most recently a paraeducator and is excited to interweave those experiences into the RC role. B is committed to approaching the RC responsibilities from a framework of equity, food justice and in solidarity with all liberatory social movements.
Southwest Region Plus
| Ansonia School District | Monroe School District | Ridgefield School District |
| Bethel School District | Naugatuck School District | Seymour School District |
| Bridgeport School District | New Beginnings in Family Academy | Shelton School Distrcit |
| Bridgeport: Catholic Academy | Newtown School District | Southington School District |
| Bridgeport: CES Trumbull & Bridgeport) | Norwalk School District | Stamford Charter School for Excellence |
| Capital Prepatory Harbor School | Norwalk: Side by Side Community Charter | Stamford School District |
| Connecticut Technical Education & Career Systems (CTECS) | Oxford School District | Stamford: Aspire Living and Learning (ALL) Academy Stamford |
| Derby School District | Park City Prep Charter School | Stratford School District |
| Fairfield School District | Plainville School District | The Bridge Academy |
| Great Oaks Charter School | Regional School District #9 | Trumbull School District |
| Greenwich School District | ||
Alyssa Jones
Alyssa Jones
Northeast Region
Alyssa.M.Jones@Uconn.edu
Alyssa Jones (she/her), will be assisting districts with their farm to school activities in Northeast(+) CT. Growing up in Ellington and now calling Manchester home, she now joins the UConn Extension team. She spent eight years as a nutrition and environmental educator with a variety of Hartford-area nonprofits. I believe wholeheartedly that equitable access to good food and meaningful community experiences helps create healthier, more connected neighborhoods
Northeast Region Plus
| Ashford School District | Glastonbury School District | Putnam School District |
| Bolton School District | Glastonbury: CREC Glastonbury/East Hartford Magnet School | Regional School District 08 |
| Bozrah School District | Goodwin University Educational Services | South Windsor School District |
| Chaplin School District | Goodwin University Educational Services (GUES) | Sprague School District |
| Chaplin: Regional School District 11 | Goodwin University Educational Services (GUES) | St. James School-Danielson |
| Coventry: Andover Elementary | Hebron School District | Stafford School District |
| East Hartford School District | Judicial Department | Stafford: Union Public Schools |
| East Winsdor | Killingly School District | Suffield |
| EASTCONN | Manchester School District | Thompson School District |
| EastConn: Brooklyn Public Schools | Manchester: Odyssey | Tolland |
| EastConn: Columbia PS | Manchester: St. Bridget Parochial School | Vernon |
| EastConn: Hampton Elementary School | Manchester: St. James School | Willington School District |
| EastConn: Pomfret | Manchester: The Community Child Guidance Clinic School | Windham School District |
| EastConn: Scotland Elementary School | Mansfield | Windsor School District |
| EastConn: Sterling Community School | Marlborough School District | Windsor Locks |
| Ellington | Mansfield: RSD #19 E.O.Smith High School | Woodstock School District |
| Franklin School District | ||
Kimberly Hughes
Kimberly Hughes
Northwest Region
Kimberly.Hughes@uconn.edu
Kim Hughes will be assisting districts with their Farm to School activities in the Northwest region. As an environmental educator for over 10 years, I have worked to ensure every child in my community has access to meaningful and inclusive outdoor learning experiences. Understanding our food and where it comes from has always been a great place to start as it reminds us of our deep connection to each other, the land and the world around us. It is a privilege to do this work of bringing Farm to School programs to every school and every student in Connecticut.
Northwest Region Plus
| Avon School District | EdAdvance: Regional District 20 | Regional School District 16 |
| Bristol School District | EdAdvance: Saint John Paul the Great Academy | Salisbury School District |
| Brookfield School District | Farmington School District | Sharon School District |
| Canton School District | Granby School District | Simsbury School District |
| CREC (Capitol Regional Education Council) | Kent School District | The Gilbert School |
| CREC: John J Allison Polaris Center | New Fairfield School District | Thomaston School District |
| Danbury School District | New Milford School District | Torrington School District |
| Danbury: St Gregory the Great | North Canaan School District | Waterbury School District |
| Danbury: St. Peter Sacred Heart International | Plymouth School District | Watertown School District |
| EdAdvance | Regional District 1: Cornwall School District | Wethersfield School District |
| EdAdvance: Barkhamstead PS | Regional District 1: Lee H Kellogg School (Canaan) | Wethersfield: Corpus Christi |
| EdAdvance: Colebrook PS | Regional School District 07 | Wethersfield: CREC Discovery Academy |
| EdAdvance: Explorations District | Regional School District 15 | Winchester School District |
| EdAdvance: Hartland Public School | Regional School District 01 | Wolcott School District |
| EdAdvance: New Hartford Public School | Regional School District 10 | Wethersfield: CREC Magnet Schools Pre-K Annex at Progress Drive |
| EdAdvance: Region 12 | Regional School District 14 | |