Who Wants Local Food in Schools and Why?
Get an introduction to Put Local on Your Tray by hearing from local farmers about why they participate in farm to school and why it's so important! Farmers are excited to share their product with you and want to let you know why.
Farm to Early Childhood Education
Take a look at part of the wonderful work that has gone into getting food from local farms into our Early Childcare centers in Connecticut. This video feature local ECE centers that are currently sourcing local and bringing it into their learning.
Farm to School at Sunset Farm in Naugatuck
Kaitlyn Kimball from Sunset Farm talks about how selling to local schools has benefitted not only her and her husbands farm business, but also the local schools that she sells to. We'll also her from Renee Giroux from the NWCT Regional Food Hub who works with Kaitlyn and other farms to aggregate products to sell to schools as well.
5 Things to Know About Selling to Schools
This short video can help CT farmers to be prepared and informed on how to sell to schools! A Put Local on Your Tray and CT Dept of Ag staff members will walk you through how to sell to schools, even if you are selling smaller quantities. This includes info about past funding, but much of the content is still relevant.
Apple Crunch Challenge- How do you Crunch?
In the fall, we love to CRUNCH! Check out this video of multiple organizations across the state show us how they crunch to encourage local food to be brought into schools, especially for CT Grown for CT Kids Week each October!