Submit Testimony in Support of the Farm to School Grant Bill Legislators need to hear from farm to school practitioners, students, families and other advocates about how impactful farm to school programs can be. Share your story about about what farm to school looks like in your community and help make the farm to school […]

We are pleased to announce our 2021 Kale Blazers! The Kale Blazer recognizes an individual or group of individuals who have demonstrated excellence and leadership in farm to school activity in Massachusetts. These are people innovating and setting inspiring examples for others to learn from. Anna Cynar, Farm to School Coordinator & Science Teacher, Innovation […]

Massachusetts Farm to School and the Massachusetts Food for Massachusetts Kids Coalition hosted a policy briefing on October 19th for state policymakers to hear about the bill to establish a Massachusetts Farm to School Grant Program (S.349 and H.686). Thank you to everyone who attended the briefing or encouraged your local representatives to attend! State […]

Action Alert: Contact Your Legislators to Support a Farm to School Grant Program Contact your legislators and ask them to co-sponsor “An Act establishing farm to school grants to promote healthy eating and strengthen the agricultural economy,” HD.2698 and SD.1604. Legislator Co-Sponsor List The establishment of this competitive grant program within the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education […]

Our Program Manager, Rachel Harb, will be moving on to a new position with the Rosenberg Fund for Children on November 20th. We’ve had the pleasure of working with her for nearly four years and will miss the dedication and passion she brought to our Mass. Farm to School team. During her time with us, […]

Throughout the month of October, Massachusetts Farm to School was excited to step away from our computers and organize small tours throughout the Commonwealth for policymakers.  Three tours in Beverly, New Bedford, and Walpole highlighted the important and exciting farm to school programming happening across the Commonwealth throughout these difficult times. Tour #1 New Entry […]

We are delighted to have been given the opportunity to present Farm to School Month Certificates of Appreciation to members of our farm to school community who were nominated by their peers to honor and recognize their hard work and dedication, not only during these challenging times, but at all times. (Thank you to everyone […]

Throughout the month of October, Massachusetts Farm to School was excited to step away from our computers and organize small tours throughout the Commonwealth for policymakers.  Three tours in Beverly, New Bedford, and Walpole highlighted the important and exciting farm to school programming happening across the Commonwealth throughout these difficult times. Tour #1 New Entry […]

Our hearts are heavy as we join communities across the country grieving the continued loss of Black lives to police violence and racism. We are committed to listening, learning, and acting to demand racial justice. We know that we still have much work to do to transform Mass. Farm to School into a more fully […]

Norfolk County Agricultural High School, a 2019-2020 Massachusetts Farm to School Institute participant, is featured in a Boston Globe article, “Norfolk Aggie Shares its Bounty,” highlighting their COVID-19 relief plan which includes donations of plants and flowers to first responders, donations of seedlings to school families, and the creation of a community garden on school […]

The MA Fam to School Network hosted the first annual public Stakeholder Gathering on May 10 in Worcester, MA. Farm to school advocates from across the Commonwealth joined together to contribute to a shared vision for the MA farm to school movement, identify priority goals for the next year of work together, and share how […]