{"id":2777,"date":"2026-04-29T15:04:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/?p=2777"},"modified":"2026-04-29T15:04:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:04:35","slug":"fort-braggs-farm-to-school-model-of-success-offers-healthy-nutrition-from-local-produce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/fort-braggs-farm-to-school-model-of-success-offers-healthy-nutrition-from-local-produce\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Bragg\u2019s Farm to School Model of Success Offers Healthy Nutrition from Local Produce"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fort Bragg Unified offers a farm to school model of success through (clockwise from top) students pickling cucumbers from the school farm, digging into garden education, being served school meals from produce grown on campus and taking advantage of CDFA grant funding to install new sinks, a greens bubbler and an electric commercial salad spinner to dramatically increase processing efficiency.\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Fort Bragg Unified School District (FBUSD) in Mendocino County offers a\u00a0farm to school model of success\u00a0<\/strong>by connecting local food procurement, scratch-cooked meals and hands-on food education to\u00a0foster lifelong habits of good nutrition<\/strong>\u00a0to its students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Bragg\u2019s farm to school culture is built around school gardens, a school district farm, and middle and high school agriculture programs that provide students with opportunities for career exploration and growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With support from CDFA\u2019s Farm to School Incubator Grant<\/a>, FBUSD upgraded four school garden spaces and invested in equipment to improve the efficiency of processing produce grown at school for its cafeterias. The district also invested $30,000 (and counting) in local food procurement to purchase foods like apples, tomatoes and winter squash from local producers. CDFA grant funding also helped FBUSD hire a veteran garden teacher to provide coaching and mentorship to new educators, as well as deliver over 200 Harvest of the Month lessons featuring local farmers in which students gained a deeper understanding of food origins and community connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[We\u2019re] thrilled to have the opportunity to apply for and receive a CDFA Incubator Grant to address these critical needs and keep farm to school programs growing and thriving,\u201d said FBUSD Director of Nutrition Services Pilar Gray. \u201cImpact has been extraordinary!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about FBUSD\u2019s farm to school program, contact Pilar Gray at pgray@fbusd.us<\/a>. To learn more about CDFA\u2019s statewide Farm to School Network, including subscribing to the newsletter and joining a monthly network call, visit the CDFA California Farm to School Program webpage<\/a> or email cafarmtoschool@cdfa.ca.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to view this original CDFA Planting Seeds blog post. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fort Bragg Unified School District (FBUSD) in Mendocino County offers a\u00a0farm to school model of success\u00a0by connecting local food procurement, scratch-cooked meals and hands-on food education to\u00a0foster lifelong habits of good nutrition\u00a0to its students. Fort Bragg\u2019s farm to school culture … Continue reading <\/i><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,40,12,23],"tags":[37,71,39,4,73,581],"class_list":["post-2777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-farm-to-school","category-cdfa-farm-to-school-program","category-cdfa-inspection-services-division","category-cdfa-f2f","tag-california-farm-to-school-network","tag-california-farm-to-school-program","tag-cdfa-office-of-farm-to-fork","tag-farm-to-school","tag-food-access","tag-fort-bragg-unified-school-district"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2779,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2777\/revisions\/2779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}