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Groups and Organizations in CA
California Department of Education, Nutrition Services Division
California Farm to School TaskforceThe California Farm to School Taskforce is a group of farm to school stakeholders including food service staff, community based organizations, farmers, farmer organizations, and state agencies including the CA Department of Health, the CA Department of Education, and the CA Department of Food & Agriculture.
California Food and Justice CoalitionThe Southern California-based CFJC, which represents dozens of statewide policy groups, has been one of the most vocal advocates of community food security. They are dedicated to building strong, sustainable, local and regional food systems that ensure access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food for all people at all times. CFJC offers support to Farm to School programs nationwide.
Center for EcoliteracyThe Center for Ecoliteracy is a public foundation that supports a grant making program for educational organizations and school communities in the Bay Area. It's grant programs have supported and helped shape Farm to School programs in Berkeley, Sonoma, Yolo, Mendocino.
Center for Food & JusticeThe Center for Food & Justice (CFJ) is a division of the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental College (UEPI). CFJ engages in collaborative action strategies, community capacity-building, and research and education. They serve as the lead organization for the Farm to School in California.
Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion, CSU ChicoCNAP partners with local farmers to deliver over 35,000 tastings of fruits and vegetables each month to students in rural Northern California as part of the Harvest of the Month program, funded by the Network for a Healthy California and the US Department of Agriculture. Each month we feature a local "Farmer of the Month" to coordinate with the featured monthly produce item. Our goal is to help students understand how their food travels from the farm to table. We strive to honor and celebrate local farmers to connect children with the people at the front line of our food supply.
Communitiy Alliance with Famlily FarmersSince 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 programs and creating distribution solutions for schools wanting to buy local produce.
Currently active CAFF hubs of Farm to School work include the Central Valley, Humboldt County, the Bay Area, the Central Coast, and Ventura. Each of these regions have active elements of Farm to School programming with the strongest programs in Humboldt and on the Central Coast (which we define as Santa Cruz, San Benito, Santa Clara and Monterey Counties).
Basic elements of CAFF's Farm to School program are:
1) "Know Your Farmer" Educational Program, which introduces students to local farmers and healthy, fresh foods through local food system lessons, farmer visits to classes and farm field trips.
2) Harvest of the Month Tasting Kits, which provide teachers with locally-grown produce and curriculum for teaching about nutrition and agriculture. These are only currently available in Humboldt and the Central Coast.
3) Farm to School distribution solutions. CAFF works with school food service, produce distributors and farmers to bring local produce on the menu. In the Central Valley and Ventura CAFF operates the Growers Collaborative which consolidates produce from small family farms for sale to institutions.
Please contact farmtoschool@caff.org for more information.
Community Alliance with Family FarmersCAFF seeks to build a movement of rural and urban people to foster family-scale agriculture that cares for the land, sustains local economies and promotes social justice. They support farm to school programs in various regions – Ventura, Yolo, Santa Cruz, Fresno, Sonoma and the North Coast.
Davis Farm to School ConnectionThe Davis Farm to School Connection supports programs within the Davis Joint Unified School District that connect classroom studies with hands-on experiences. These experiences include garden based learning, classroom cooking, local, seasonal food in the cafeteria, farm visits for second graders and waste management programs such as composting and recycling.
For more information contact:
Talia Hack-Davie, Davis Farm to School Connection Program Coordinator
P.O. Box 1813
Davis, CA 95617
(530) 219-5859
info@davisfarmtoschool.org
F.o.C.u.S--A Foothill Collaborative for SustainabilityF.o.C.u.S is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to facilitate and cultivate the growth of sustainable systems within Calaveras and Tuolumne counties. The group is currently working to assist local school districts in changing their school food program.
Food For Thought: The Ojai Healthy Schools ProgramFood For Thought: The Ojai Healthy Schools Program is a grassroots, community-driven effort, working in partnership with the Ojai Unified School District (OUSD), to bring locally grown fruits and vegetables, nutrition education, and agricultural literacy to the children of the Ojai Unified School District.
Harvest of the MonthAfter several years of varied local implementations, Harvest of the Month is being introduced and made available statewide with this tool kit. The overall goal of the tool kit is to provide knowledge- and skill-based strategies that are standardized, cost-effective, replicable, convenient
These strategies are designed to motivate and empower students to increase consumption and enjoyment of a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables and to engage in physical activity every day. This How to Grow Healthy Students booklet will help guide you to use the materials in this tool kit and implement a successful Harvest of the Month program.
Network for a Healthy CaliforniaThe mission of the California Nutrition Network for Healthy, Active Families is to create innovative partnerships so that low-income Californians are enabled to adopt healthy eating and physical activity patterns as part of a healthy lifestyle.
Organic Consumers Association (OCA)The OCA is a grassroots non-profit public interest organization which deals with crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, corporate accountability, and environmental sustainability. We are the only organization in the US focused exclusively on representing the views and interests of the nation's estimated ten million organic consumers.
Public Health Law and Policy: Planning for Healthy PlacesPlanning for Healthy Places at Public Health Law & Policy works to engage public health advocates in the land-use decision-making process throughout California. We develop tools for training advocates in the relationship between the built environment and public health, and provide technical assistance for creating and implementing land use policies that support healthier communities.
Ripple Riley ThomasRipple Riley Thomas, long-time growers, packers and shippers of fresh pears, began developing a market to distribute small fresh pears directly to California School Districts. RRT now contracts with many growers in California ahead of their growing season ensuring consistent pricing for both growers and school food service programs. An additional benefit is the cost savings that school programs experience by working directly with the grower.
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education ProgramSAREP, University of California, Davis has been involved in community food systems and farm to school for several years. SAREP staff are also the leaders in conducting comprehensive evaluations of farm to school programs across California – Davis, Winters, Berkeley and Compton.
Sustainable Community Gardens - Full Circle FarmSustainable Community Gardens is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the renewal of local, sustainable food systems throughout Silicon Valley. The garden provides affordable access to locally produced food, as well as education in environmental living, sustainable agriculture, nutrition, and gardening. We seek diverse means to engage our community at all ages and stages, encouraging and assisting individuals from all walks of life in their active support of a sustainable future. We run two projects - The Charles Street Gardens, a 92-plot organic community garden, and Full Circle Farm, an educational, 11-acre farm at Peterson Middle School in Sunnyvale.
The UC Cooperative Extension of Alameda County
Tierra Miguel Foundation FarmThe Tierra Miguel Farm and Foundation was created to enhance farmers’ and consumers’ connection to the food they eat, and the earth on which it grows. They have a thriving Community Support Agriculture (CSA) program, and provide the produce for Farm-to-School and CSA in the Classroom programs in Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties. Tierra Miguel welcomes school groups to tour their farm and offers youth internship opportunities. They are located in Northern San Diego County.
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