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As kids and caregivers prepare for the hustle of back-to-school season, school lunch menus are poised to feature a healthier, more local twist thanks to the efforts of the Cornell Farm to School Program and the New York State 30% Initiative. The...

With a splashy paint scheme designed by a local artist, the “Farm to School to You” food truck – developed with input from Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) – will visit sites throughout the city to bring free meals to families in need...

Dave Walczak, operations manager of Eden Valley Growers, a farm cooperative founded in 1956, and Mike Wright, head grower for Amos Zittel & Sons, one of the co-op’s nine members, survey a crew of four farmhands. The workers are chopping stalks...

Since then the movement has grown exponentially, now with more than 42% of schools nationwide hosting some form of Farm to School programming, according to the USDA Farm to School Census. This number translates to 23.6 million students...