As part of CDFA’s Farm to School Month celebrations, we’re highlighting an awardee in our Farm to School Incubator Grant Program, the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) in Orange County.
The school district is a two-time grantee that has procured over 430,000 pounds of local and culturally relevant produce and has worked to develop farm to school culinary clubs, school gardens, local farm field trips, and farm to school-focused career technical education programs.
Thank you to SAUSD’s Farm to School Coordinator Moises Placencia, Food Service Director Joshua Goddard, and all of the SAUSD staff for the incredible farm to school work you do every single day modeling this important program for California and the nation!
If you would like to learn more about our Farm to School Program and our 250+ grantees, please visit the Farm to School Incubator Grant webpage well as the California Farm to School Program webpage.
This year’s National Farm-to-School Month theme, Growing for the Future, emphasizes the role of farm to school in creating thriving communities now and in the future. Farm to school helps young children and students eat healthy, fresh and locally grown meals in schools, and helps provide local farmers with a reliable source of income by feeding their communities.
Click here to view this original CDFDA Planting Seeds blog.