Vermont Farm to School IMpacts

Explore the following documents to learn more about the impacts Farm to School programs have on Vermont's communities:

VT FEED Farm to School Economic Analysis (2004) [PDF]
Impact Assessment of VT FEED Farm to School Program (2006) [PDF]
Impact Assessment of Farm to School Program Executive Summary (2006) [PDF]

“This past year, 78% of all classroom “Healthy Snacks” food was purchased locally. Every Friday kids come into the kitchen and ask, ‘What’s for healthy snack today?’ ... they ask that snacks be served on the lunch menu, and Rumney lunch counts are up 15% from the year before.”

-Liz Scharf, Parent and Healthy Snack Coordinator, Rumney Memorial School