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2026 School Garden Contest
School gardens are living laboratories that support hands-on learning in nutrition, agriculture, and a range of subjects. They can take many forms—from a classroom windowsill herb garden to raised beds, in-ground plots, or greenhouses. Gardening helps children...
Getting Started with the School Garden Quick Start Guide
School gardens provide students with a fun, hands-on learning experience, offering benefits such as improved academic achievement, stronger teacher-student relationships, and enhanced psychosocial development. They promote healthy eating, spark curiosity, introduce...
NEW Farm to School Handbook
The Farm to School Handbook is a practical guide created to help you start, grow, or enhance your school’s Farm to School program. Whether you’re a school administrator, child nutrition professional, teacher, cafeteria staff member, or local food producer, this...
Oklahoma Farm to School Garden of the Year Contest 2023
The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture and Farm Bureau Women’s leadership team are excited to offer the 2023 School Garden Contest for our state. Applicants may be any public and private: PK-12 school, early childhood education facility, and alternative learning environment.
Deadline to enter: 11:59 PM on Friday, September 8, 2023
New resources available for classrooms, cafeterias and families
These free educational resources were created for classrooms, cafeterias and families to promote Oklahoma-grown vegetables and fruits offered during meals. The free online resources for cafeterias include posters and recipes promoting a variety of locally-grown specialty crops such as tomatoes, berries, watermelon, squash, asparagus, carrots, cucumbers, peppers, peaches, sweet potatoes, broccoli and radishes.
Oklahoma Farm to School Receives Federal Grant
WASHINGTON, June 29, 2020 – The Oklahoma Farm to School program has been awarded part of $12.1 million in Farm to School Grants – the most awarded since the grant program’s inception ‒ to 159 grantees – the most projects funded to date. These awards, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), will help bring fresh, local foods into schools and foster economic opportunity for America’s farmers over the next school year.
March is National Nutrition Month
March is National Nutrition Month Overview Is your school looking for ways to coordinate your nutrition education efforts? Consider celebrating National Nutrition Month during March! This annual observance is a nutrition education campaign led by the Academy of...