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New York Facts
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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Activities and Services
Outreach
In addition to this website, as part of our extension program, the Cornell Farm to School Program hosts a listserv for those interested in or working on a farm to school project. Participation in the listserv is free and enables members to share and receive diverse resources relating to farm to school, including: policy updates, funding opportunities, research-based information, tools, innovative programs, challenges, requests for assistance and feedback, and more.
Training
The Cornell Farm to School Program has developed several training opportunities designed to help those with an interest in developing or enhancing farm to school programs. Training modules include: Farm to School 101; Farm to School Basics; Farm to School for Farmers; Farm to Cafeteria and School Food Service; Farm to School: Access and Distribution; Assessing Your Capacity for Farm to School; Implementing a Farm to School Program: From Sourcing to Serving; Beyond the Cafeteria: Farm to School in the Classroom; Evaluating Your Farm to School Program. To host a training session in your community, click here.
Networking
The Cornell Farm to School Program facilitates networking opportunities through an interactive, annually updated, web-based map that identifies the location of existing farm to school programs in NYS. You can use this map to learn about these programs and access contact information for those leading efforts in your region.
To communicate with others working on Farm to School, you can also join the Cornell Farm to School Program listserv, NYFarmtoSchool-L.
As part of our for fee services, the Cornell Farm to School Program can help you identify potential farm to school partners in your community and region. These potential partners include other school food service directors, farmers, distributors, processors, community-based organizations and others that might be interested in working with you to create or enhance a farm to school program. To request help with identifying potential farm to school partners, click here.
Meeting Facilitation
As part of its for fee services, the Cornell Farm to School Program can work with you to plan and facilitate meetings designed to explore, launch or implement farm to school projects. Our staff has a solid understanding of farm to school opportunities and barriers, are experienced in leading groups through the community development process and are trained facilitators. To get help facilitating a farm to school meeting in your community, click here.
Assessment and Evaluation Research
As part of our fee-based services, the Cornell Farm to School Program will work with communities to assess their capacity for building farm to school programs, develop an action plan, support the implementation of the plan, benchmark progress and evaluate overall success. For a free estimate, please complete the following form.
