Indiana Farm to Summer: Cucumber Craze

Growing healthy habits one crunch at a time.

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  • Farm to Summer brings fruits and vegetables to life through taste tests, garden-based activities, and seasonal recipes. This summer’s spotlight ingredient is the cucumber — a refreshing, hydrating vegetable that kids love to explore.

  • Cucumbers are easy to grow, easy to prepare, and a great way to engage children in healthy eating habits. Whether you're a Summer Food Service Program sponsor, educator, or community partner, this campaign provides ready-to-use tools to bring Farm to Summer to your site.

  • Summer meals sponsors, early childcare providers, & youth serving organizations.

Cucumber Craze Resource Hub

Get everything you need to bring Farm to Summer: Cucumber Craze to life! Our resource collection includes eye-catching promotional flyers, ready-to-post social media content, engaging activity sheets for kids, easy-to-follow growing guides, and a complete implementation toolkit for staff and sponsors. Each resource is designed to help you spark excitement, support hands-on learning, and make cucumbers the star of your summer program.

 
Promotional Flyers
Social Media Marketing
Activity Sheets

Farm to Summer Highlights

East Noble School Corporation celebrated Cucumber Craze Week during its Summer Meal Program, with Carl the Cucumber greeting families and sharing cucumber plants through the Indiana Grown for Schools Network. Breakfast, lunch, and weekend meal packs continue to support all children 18 and under, keeping the community’s kids fueled and healthy.

Portage Township Schools is kicking off a fresh and fun summer with the Cucumber Craze Initiative! Through a partnership with the Indiana Grown for Schools Network and the Indiana Department of Education, the PTS Food Service Department is growing its own Parade and Kosara cucumbers and bringing hands-on learning to students and families. Throughout the summer, Cucumber Carl—PTS’s cucumber mascot—will make appearances to share fun facts, activities, and updates from the garden. Stay tuned as the district’s cucumbers climb their way to success and help make this summer both healthy and educational.

Have questions?

Contact Sophie Lindley at slindley@doe.in.gov