School Food Program Receives $10M Investment

Scaling School Food Forests for a Greener Future

The National Farm to School Network (NFSN) is looking for support for the School Food Forest Coalition to scale food forests across the United States. Food forests can provide school communities with self-sustaining, food-producing systems. School gardening can improve health and well-being outcomes for students, according to research in Nutrients. But annual school gardens may “fall by the wayside” when “educators are pulled in a million differ…

School Food Program Receives $10M Investment

ALBANY — Governor Kathy Hochul announced that $10 million has been awarded to two projects through round two of New York’s Regional School Food Infrastructure Grant Program. Projects on Long Island and in Central New York were awarded $5 million each to improve meal preparation and distribution for Kindergarten through Grade 12 students using local agricultural products. First announced in the Governor’s 2023 State of the State, the program will…