Programs in North Coast Counties

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 >>

Fort Bragg Unified School District

The farm to school program at Fort Bragg schools includes organic school gardens at each of the main school locations, two of which are now providing produce for the school cafeterias. The other gardens grow produce used in classrooms for taste tests, com... more >>

Healdsburg Unified School District

A new school food service supervisor, Nancy May, transformed the Healdsburg schools’ food programs by shifting the focus away from a la carte menu items and back to healthy meal options offered in a cafeteria line. The kitchens in three old schools ... more >>

Humboldt County

Humboldt County’s Farm to School Program is run out of the local field office of the Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF). CAFF works closely with the Humboldt County Office of Education (HCOE) and their Nutrition Education Departme... 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 >>

Ripple Riley Thomas

Ripple Riley Thomas buys farm-direct produce and delivers weekly in most areas of California. They currently deliver locally grown foods to 64 school districts in California. They purchase only enough produce to fill our orders for the following week, ass... 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 >>

Ukiah Unified School District

Ukiah Unified School District's Farm to School programs includes organic gardens on campus and garden/nutritional coordinators who oversee them. Salad bars have been installed in all of the district’s schools, and the salad bar option is offered dur... more >>