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Indiana Farm to School Network
Food Day
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A program that connects schools (K-12) and local farms with the objectives of serving healthy meals in school cafeterias, improving student nutrition, providing agriculture, health and nutrition education opportunities, and supporting local and regional farmers.
What is farm to school?
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Local foods are purchased, promoted and served in the cafeteria or as a snack or taste-test.
What is procurement?
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The daily recommended amount of vegetables for a 2,000 calorie diet.
What is 2.5 cups?
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A collaboration of Hoosiers working together to create synergistic partnerships to advance farm to school efforts across Indiana.
What is the Indiana Farm to School Network?
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A nationwide celebration and a movement for healthy, affordable, and sustainable food.
What is Food Day?
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Where farm to school is happening.
What is in all 50 states and D.C.!
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Defines what is classified as "local".
What is the individual schools?
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This policy in schools can be used to include language supportive of farm to school, encouraging nutrition education in the classroom, and participatory activities like farm trips and taste tests.
What is a wellness policy?
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This is where the farm to school program is housed in Indiana.
What is the Dept. of Education?
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The month Food Day occurs.
What is October?
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School gardens, farmer selling goods directly to schools, farmer selling goods to a distributor and then selling it to schools, field trips to farms, cooking demos, taste testing for students, composting, farmer coming in and talking to students.
What are examples farm to school activities?
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In the procurement process, this cannot be ‘required’, only ‘preferred’.
What is local foods.
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As a result of the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010, a reimbursable school lunch for grades K-12 now requires this MINIMUM amount of fruit and/or vegetable to be on a student's school lunch tray.
What is 1/2 cup?
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DOE, ISDH, Purdue Extension, Purdue University, GreenBEAN Delivery, Piazza, This Old Farm, Hoosier Harvest Market, Wea Creek Orchard & others.
What are supporters/members of the IFSN.
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The theme for this year's food day.
What is the turnip?
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Farm to school is a grassroots movement powered by people like you who believe all students deserve equal access to healthy, local foods as well as education opportunities such as school gardens, cooking lessons and farm field trips.
What is YOUR role in farm to school.
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This farm certification provides an assurance of food safety.
What is GAPs (Good Agricultural Practice)?
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The rate of Americans age 12 and over who consume the recommended levels of total fruits and vegetables.
What is 1 out of 10?
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A coalition of organizations dedicated to connecting family farms and schools through education, local food purchasing, and outreach.
What is the mission of the IFSN?
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Children are more likely to eat these two things when meeting the farmer that grew them.
What are fruits & vegetables?
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Enabling every child to have access to nutritious food while simultaneously benefiting communities and local farmers.
What is the goal of the farm to school network?
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The top local item Indiana schools are buying based on the USDA farm to school census.
What are apples?
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The amount of vitamin C in a ½ cup of turnips.
What is 15% of the recommended amount of vitamin C?
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The three groups the IFSN is made up of.
What is the education group, the procurement group, & the outreach group?
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•Plant turnip seeds in August to harvest during the month of October •Host an event on the site of an upcoming garden •Hold a class on vegetable gardening or cooking to demonstrate recipes using turnips •Plant a classroom container garden
What are ways you can get involved in Food Day?