MI Farm to School Grant Program Grantee Announcement

Farm to school friends and partners,

 

With funding from the WK Kellogg Foundation, the C.S. Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems at Michigan State University will award up to $2,000 for schools/districts around the state to plan for or implement farm to school programs. We are excited to announce that EIGHT school/district applicants have been selected to participate in the first grant year! 

 

The grantees for the new Michigan Farm to School Grant Program 2011 ? 2012 grant year are:
 

School/District	County	Type of Grant
Bear Lake School District	Manistee	Implementation
Clare Public Schools	Clare	Planning
Gladwin Community School	Gladwin	Implementation
Kaleva Norman Dickson School District	Manistee	Implementation
Montrose Community Schools	Genesee	Implementation
Reed City Area Public Schools	Osceola	Planning
South Haven Public Schools	Van Buren	Planning
Traverse City College Preparatory Academy	Grand Traverse	Planning

Each grantee is unique, with exciting and innovative ideas for planning for or implementing farm to school programs.  Since a goal of this grant program is to help vulnerable children find more healthy and local food choices in school meals programs, each school/district selected to participate has at least 50% free and reduced-price meal enrollment (as of application date). 

 

This grant program is a direct way to help food service directors across the state overcome some of the many challenges they face when working to initiate and expand farm to school programs.  Not only will grantees be awarded up to $2,000 dollars in funding, they will also be provided with technical assistance and training opportunities to help develop, support and enhance of their farm to school activities and programs. 

 

Please stay tuned for more information and updates!