Northeast Iowa Northeast Iowa Farm to School Farm to School

ProjectProject

Teresa WiemerslageRegional Program

Coordinator

NE Iowa Food & Farm

Coalition

Active Living Work Group

Regional Youth Work Group

Regional School Work Group

Traditional Extension Roles: •Applied Research•Information Provider•Network Organizer•Network Facilitator•Strategic Planning•Grant Writer•Storyteller•Matchmaker

Where does ISUE fit?Where does ISUE fit?

Crestwood and Turkey Valley High School students model a lesson about local

squash.

FFI has created monthly folios for students that feature local foods and align with the Iowa Core

Curriculum.

Led by a high school cross-age teacher, Decorah second grade students compare local and non-local tomatoes.

First, second and third grade teachers from area schools participated in a Farm to School Teacher Workshop in 2010.

Food service employees from 5 districts pose with Chef Monique Hooker. They made ratatouille from fresh local produce that schools can use in their lunch menus.

Area food service employees participated in a SafeFood Training led by ISU Extension.

Turkey Valley Community School students and staff purchased a salad bar in February 2010. The salad bar features produce from their school garden.

Fresh produce featured as part of Home Grown School Week.

Students at Turkey Valley Community Schools plant squash in their school garden with help from David Cavagnaro.

•What is the Change?•What might success look like?•How might we measure the impact?•What Activities will help us activate our Tactic, leading to policy and system change?

Outcomes-Based Outcomes-Based Programming: Programming:

School Food Tactic: Grow a Farm-to-School program incorporating healthy local foods into school food programs while teaching people about nutrition and the local food system.

Policy Target #1: Schools adopt a local procurement Policy which allows for geographical preference of local food in schools

Outcomes-Based Outcomes-Based Programming: Programming:

What is the Change?Increase the number of schools sourcing healthy, locally grown foods.

What might success look like?Increased number of lbs. of locally grown healthy food is served to students.

How might we measure the impact?% increase of lbs. and/or $ of locally grown healthy food purchased in schools participating in the Farm To School

Outcomes-Based Outcomes-Based Programming: Programming:

What Activities will help us activate our Tactic, leading to policy and system change?

Research and gather information which answers questions above

Meet key players

Farm To School program in target schools

Outcomes-Based Outcomes-Based Programming: Programming:

School Year: 2008-09 -- $16,765 (13 schools)School Year: 2009-10 -- $28,493

Investing in the future of Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette,

Howard & Winneshiek Counties

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