Producers
The Oklahoma Farm to School Program wants to make selling food to Oklahoma’s Child Nutrition Programs easy and help facilitate a partnership between producers and schools.
Across Oklahoma, an increasing number of schools are sourcing locally grown foods for their school meals and snacks and providing complementary educational activities that emphasize food, farming, and nutrition. As a farmer, rancher, fisherman, or other food producer, large or small, there are market opportunities in your backyard and a chance for your farm’s bounty to nourish children in your community. You can play a role in supplying local products to schools to serve during breakfast, lunch, snack times, and supper, as well as educating students about food and agriculture.
Producer Benefits
- Average 5% increase in income for Farm to School sales for individual farmers (research compiled and supported by the National Farm to School Network)
- Increased market diversification, positive relationships with school districts, parents, and communities
- Ability to develop contracts with schools to plant crops for them
- Opportunities to explore processing and preservation methods for institutional markets
- Establishment of grower cooperatives to supply institutional markets
- Potential grant opportunities
Source: National Farm to School Network; www.farmtoschool.org
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The Top 5 Local Foods Oklahoma Schools Purchased During the
2023-2024 School Year
Number One Purchased Local Product
Oklahoma Beef
Fluid Milk
Apples
Poultry
Salad Mix
In 2023, Oklahoma Schools Spent Approximately
$17.5 Million
On Purchasing Local Foods
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