Farm-to-school project gets tons of strawberries to children

by Debbie Arrington
url: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/06/16/2824619/farm-to-school-project-gets-tons.h...
Published: Wed, Jun 16th, 2010
The "eat local" movement has gone to school. Two healthy-living initiatives converged in Sacramento strawberry fields and school cafeterias last spring. Under an innovative new program, strawberries grown by local small family farms were rushed to local school cafeterias, supplying children with healthy fresh fruit – often the same day they were picked.