We are pleased to announce that we are awarding $7,500 in grants to Yolo County schools that will participate in our “Dig in Yolo” edible garden program. Because we had so many schools apply, we increased our total grant award amount so we could benefit even more kids.
Congratulations to the winners!
Birch Lane Elementary
Cesar Chavez Elementary
Davis Waldorf
Delta Elementary Charter
Dingle Elementary
Douglass Middle School
Esparto High School
Esparto Middle School
Holy Rosary Catholic School
Martin Luther King High School
Marguerite Montgomery Elementary
Lee Middle School
Lighthouse Charter
North Davis Elementary
Patwin Elementary
Plainfield Elementary
R.W. Emerson Junior High School
River City High School
Science and Technology Academy
Southport Elementary
Woodland High School
Zamora Elementary
Yolo Farm to Fork President Suzanne Falzone hopes the grants will allow even more children to experience the benefits of school garden programs. “We are committed to starting and sustaining edible school gardens that connect children and families to the values and benefits of farm-to-table food systems. In the garden, kids learn lifelong food-growing skills that connect with every area of their classroom curriculum, AND they love eating their harvests.”
Yolo Farm to Fork supports school gardens, provides field trips to local farms, and helps students harvest and deliver veggies to their school cafeteria for school meals – especially in schools serving low-income populations that are fighting childhood obesity. More than 10,000 kids benefit from edible school gardens, farm trips, grant funds, supplies, and other support.
Nonprofit Yolo Farm to Fork has received a generous donation from Woodland Clinic Medical Group to support their Growing Lunch program in Woodland, California.
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As Yolo County schools return to campus this month, school gardens supported by Yolo Farm to Fork stand ready to provide new, exciting learning experiences.
Yolo Farm to Fork will use a Farm to School Incubator Grant from the California Department of Food & Agriculture to create a unique new program, Partners in Education for Agriculture in Schools (PEAS).
To educate the public, especially our children, about the value of a farm to table community food system that also teaches us to value the environment.