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Did You Know?
You can tell where milk was processed from numbers printed on the carton!
For milk processed in New York look for "36" in the 4-digit plant code.
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Resources
FTS in the News
Check out our archive of articles on local, regional, national, and international issues related to farm to school.
Newsletter
NY Farm to School News is a four-page quarterly newsletter that highlights the wide variety of farm to school activities occurring throughout the state. It originated as a publication for the Broome-Tioga Farm to School Workgroup, whose members include food service directors, farmers, and representatives of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Broome, Tioga, and Cortland Counties.
Policy Updates
Across the country policies that further farm to school connections are being developed at the school, local, state and federal level.
Food of the Month
NY Food of the Month is a series of nine one-page fliers, each focused on a particular food that is grown in New York. School food service directors can feature the food of the month, in different forms (canned and/or frozen as well as fresh) and alone or in mixed dishes, on lunch menus during that month. The fliers can be copied to share with families and staff at the school. Some directors have used the fliers as "menu backs;" other directors have posted them on school websites.
New York Facts
State of the States 2007, Food Research and Action Center
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
New York Schools receive federal funding for free fresh fruit and vegetable snacks