Programs in Bay Area Counties

Berkeley Unified School District

Berkeley has two very exciting Farm to School related programs going on. The Edible Schoolyard The Center for Ecoliteracy, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School have developed the Edible Garden, an organic garden that is integrated into both the s... more >>

Communitiy Alliance with Famlily Farmers

Since 2001, Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) has been conducting Farm to School programs in California. A statewide, farmer-member organization, CAFF has worked in dozens of school districts from L.A. to Humboldt, running farm education prog... more >>

Hayward Unified School District

Hayward Unified School District has had a Farm to School program for nearly ten years. They currently work with Ripple-Riley-Thomas, a pear, orange, kiwi, grape, and apple grower in Ukiah. A produce company supplies the fresh vegetables and fruits that ar... more >>

Inner City Kitchen

My name is Crystal Blanchette, Chef and Founder of Inner City Kitchen in Los Angeles County California. Currently with the collaboration of the Los Angeles inner city YMCA (Inglewood, Crenshaw, Palmdale, Lancaster) Farm to School, Boys and Girls Club, an... more >>

Novato/San Rafael Unified School Districts

The Novato School Districts’ Farm to School program is headed by Food and Nutrition Services Director, Miguel Villarreal. The district serves approximately 4500 meals a day, all of which have some organic or locally produced ingredients. Through a... more >>

St Helena Unifed

We are using produce grown on our campus when possible in our school meals program. We are buying fresh produce from Walker Apple Ranch, River Dog Farms and other local growers when possible. more >>

The Marin Organic School Lunch and Gleaning Program

The Marin Organic School Lunch and Gleaning Program is helping to transform the school lunch choices for our kids by offering a combination of purchased and gleaned food from Marin Organic farms to participating schools throughout the county. "Gleaned" fo... more >>