A school garden can have many benefits on the students. The children can learn the importance of eating healthy food as well as supporting local growers. This resource provides a 4 step process to beginning a school garden program.

A successful garden takes careful planning, good management skills and collaboration.

Farm-to-preschool programs take many forms. These tips from Ecotrust will help get you started.

The Lunch Box provides school district administrators, food service directors, and their teams with the tools and resources they need to serve healthy, nutritious, and delicious food to every student, every day.

A look at how USDA Foods supports local purchasing.

This fact sheet explains the use of geographic preference when deciding which farm to select for purchasing locally grown food.

The Department of Defense Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (DoD Fresh) allows schools to use their USDA Foods entitlement dollars to buy fresh produce. Read the article to learn more about how this could impact your school

This resource takes an in-depth look at what makes food truly "local" and how providing healthy, locally grown food is sometimes more than just fruits and veggies.

Farmer Request for Information (RFI) forms are a great way for schools to catalogue the local foods available to your school district. Not sure where to start? This guide will walk you through the process.

This map from Mississippi State University will help you figure out when to plant or harvest crops in your area.

A look at how Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) Food Services made the most out of their U.S. Department of Agriculture farm-to-school grant by focusing on education and marketing.

A report from the Mississippi Farm to School Interagency Council on the progress of the council through December 2014.

Tupelo Public School District’s "Growing Healthy Waves" program worked with FoodCorps to educate students about food and nutrition using farm-to-school principles.

FoodCorps — a nationwide team of AmeriCorps leaders — connects kids to real food and help them grow up healthy.

This step-by-step purchasing guide aims to help school foodservice directors in Mississippi start to purchase locally grown foods to be served in school meals.

Good Food for Oxford Schools (GFOS) is an initiative of the Oxford School District in Oxford, Miss., aimed at improving cafeteria menus and simultaneously educating students and their families.

The Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi is has been working with farm-to-school initiatives for years to assist local farmers with the processes of selling fresh, nutritious, local foods to schools and school districts.

Life Lab cultivates children's love of learning, healthy food and nature through garden-based education. It is a great resource to find a school garden curriculum.

The Farm-to-School Calendar showcases the yearly timeline in which it takes to grow the food and how it ends up on the table in schools. This resource provides information on the best time of year to connect with a school or a farmer.