The Patriot Ledger: USDA official visits Quincy to hear about ‘Farm to School’ program

10/25/2017
By Sean Philip Cotter

QUINCY – Last year, they grew garlic. This year, it’s spinach. The students at Lincoln-Hancock Community School in Quincy have gardening beds right outside, and they take field trips to Holly Hill Farm in Scituate through a grant the city receives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

On Wednesday, an official from the USDA visited the school to hear a presentation about the ways the district has used the $72,000 in grants the city has received for “farm-to-school” efforts such as this.

Erin Healy, the director of the USDA’s Office of Community Food Systems, praised Quincy’s use of the grants.

“This is a perfect example of institutionalization of farm-to-school,” she said after the presentation at the Lincoln-Hancock School….

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