Yolo Farm to Fork grant winners!
October 19, 2019
Yolo Farm to Fork grant winners!
We are pleased to announce that we are awarding $7,500 in grants to Yolo County schools that will participate in our “Dig in Yolo” edible garden program. Because we had so many schools apply, we increased our total grant award amount so we could benefit even more kids.
Congratulations to the winners!
- Birch Lane Elementary
- Cesar Chavez Elementary
- Davis Waldorf
- Delta Elementary Charter
- Dingle Elementary
- Douglass Middle School
- Esparto High School
- Esparto Middle School
- Holy Rosary Catholic School
- Martin Luther King High School
- Marguerite Montgomery Elementary
- Lee Middle School
- Lighthouse Charter
- North Davis Elementary
- Patwin Elementary
- Plainfield Elementary
- R.W. Emerson Junior High School
- River City High School
- Science and Technology Academy
- Southport Elementary
- Woodland High School
- Zamora Elementary
Yolo Farm to Fork President Suzanne Falzone hopes the grants will allow even more children to experience the benefits of school garden programs. “We are committed to starting and sustaining edible school gardens that connect children and families to the values and benefits of farm-to-table food systems. In the garden, kids learn lifelong food-growing skills that connect with every area of their classroom curriculum, AND they love eating their harvests.”
Yolo Farm to Fork supports school gardens, provides field trips to local farms, and helps students harvest and deliver veggies to their school cafeteria for school meals – especially in schools serving low-income populations that are fighting childhood obesity. More than 10,000 kids benefit from edible school gardens, farm trips, grant funds, supplies, and other support.
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