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 this year a total of 22 schools/districts and early childcareprogram applicants across the state have been selected to participate this year! This is almost triple the amount of grantees from our 2011 – 2012 grant program year! 

 

The grantees for the Michigan Farm to School Grant Program 2012 – 2013 program year are:

 

School/District	County	Type of Grant
All Aboard Learning Station	Van Buren	Planning
Allegan Public Schools	Allegan	Planning
Benton Harbor Area Schools	Berrien	Planning
BHK Child Development	Baraga	Planning
Clare Public Schools	Clare	Implementation
Community Action Agency Head Start Program	Jackson & Hillsdale	Planning
Cory School of Learning	Wayne	Planning
Forest Area Community Schools	Grand Traverse	Planning
Frankfort Elberta Area Schools	Benzie	Implementation
Hamtramck Head Start	Wayne	Planning
Manistique Area Schools	Schoolcraft	Planning
Montrose Community Schools	Genesee	Implementation
Mrs. B's Daycare	Ingham	Planning
Oakland Family Services	Oakland	Planning
Rainbow Academy Two Preschool	Oakland	Planning
River Valley School District	Berrien	Planning
South Haven Public Schools	Van Buren	Implementation
South Redford School District	Wayne	Planning
YMCA David D. Hunting Child Development	Kent	Planning
Ypsilanti Public Schools	Washtenaw	Implementation
Waldren Area Schools	Hillsdale	Planning

 

Each grantee isunique, with exciting and innovative ideas for planning for or implementingfarm 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 or early childcare program selected to participate has at least 50% free and reduced-price meal enrollment and/or Tier I CACFP reimbursement rate eligibility (as of application date). 

 

This grant program is a direct way to help food/nutrition service directors across the state overcome some of the many challenges they face when working to initiate andexpand 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!

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Jekeia Murphy
Academic Specialist

Center for Regional Food Systems

 (formerly C.S. Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems)

Michigan State University
480 Wilson Road

309 Natural Resources bldg.
East Lansing, MI  48824
P: 517-432-0308
F: 517-353-3834
stilljek@msu.edu