2019 Farm to School Census Coming Soon

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According to the 2015 Farm to School Census, schools reported purchasing almost $800 million in local food from farmers, ranchers, fishers, food processors, and manufacturers. The interest in farm to school is rapidly growing across the country and it is time to capture that growth in the 2019 Farm to School Census!

Keep an eye out for the 2019 Farm to School Census questionnaire, coming soon.

About the Farm to School Census

The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA) formally established a Farm to School Program within USDA to improve access to local foods in schools. In order to establish realistic goals with regard to increasing the availability of local foods in schools, in 2013, USDA conducted the first nationwide Farm to School Census (the Census). In 2015, USDA conducted a second Farm to School Census to measure progress towards reaching this goal.