Anchorage School District’s Student Nutrition department will partner with key stakeholders including RurAL Cap and Alaska Food Company to develop a Farm to School Action Plan with the goal of increasing consumption of locally sourced fresh food by 20 percent at participating farm to school sites to include Taku Elementary, Ursa Minor Elementary,…

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$49,817 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Andrew Bias

Folsom High School · Folsom, CA

Prize winner for a manufacturing skilled trades programme.

Harbor Freight Tools for Schools — Prize for Teaching Excellence

$50,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Andrew Rice

J. Everett Light Career Center · Indianapolis, IN

Prize winner for automotive teaching.

Harbor Freight Tools for Schools — Prize for Teaching Excellence

$50,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis

Corvallis, OR

The Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis will deliver fun, enriching afterschool programming to help youth improve awareness and access to nutritious, locally sourced foods. Their 5th & 6th Grade Edible Garden Club will engage quarterly cohorts of 15 youth each for one hour a day, once a week.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$39,450 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South

Taunton, MA

Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South will utilize funds from USDA's Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program to execute a bold expansion of its Freight Farms urban farming initiatives, increasing food system education and access to nutritious, locally-grown foods within its after school programs and throughout the broader communities of Brockton…

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$98,815 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Boys & Girls Clubs of North Alabama

Huntsville, AL

The James A. Lane Boys & Girls Club in Huntsville, Alabama will implement a farm to school initiative designed to educate and engage students in sustainable agriculture practices. This program will impact students ages 5-18 by providing them with hands-on experience in gardening, nutrition, cooking, an understanding of sustainable farming, and basic business skills. The project will involve key partners such as Cyn Shea's, 4-H, Hudson Alpha, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville. They will develop a comprehensive curriculum covering various aspects of sustainable gardening and agribusiness management. This includes understanding soil health, composting, water conservation, plant biology, crop selection, gardening techniques, and pest management. Students will also learn about harvesting, post-harvest handling, quality control, food safety, cooking, and will gain practical business skills by setting up and managing farm stands or participating in local markets.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$50,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School

Brooklyn, NY

A garden grant supported enhancement of the school's Food, Peace and Wildlife gardens.

Captain Planet Foundation — Project Learning Garden

2024

Historical award — not current funding

California Department of Food & Agriculture

Sacramento, CA

The project will use grant funds to host eight in-person regional gatherings across California to improve access to local foods in eligible Child Nutrition Program sites through comprehensive farm to school programming that includes local sourcing and agricultural education efforts.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$100,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Calvert City Elementary School

Marshall County Schools · Calvert City, KY

Purchased an online reading-instruction platform for all students.

Dollar General Literacy Foundation — Youth Literacy Grant

$4,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Cheryl Hernandez

STEM Academy at Nimitz Middle School · San Antonio, TX

Equipment and funds for classroom scientific research.

Society for Science — STEM Research Grants

2024

Historical award — not current funding

Chester County Economic Development Foundation

Exton, PA

This project focuses on the organization of a farm to school action planning team, coordinated by AgConnect–the agricultural extension of the Chester County Economic Development Council–to support the development of programs within Collegium Charter School.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$49,458 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

City of Seattle

Seattle, WA

This project, managed by City of Seattle's Office of Sustainability & Environment, will provide strategic support to increase Seattle Public Schools (SPS) Culinary Services staff capacity to use and purchase more fresh, local foods, especially from underrepresented farmers and producers, and increase student participation in school meals.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$99,736 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Clarksville-Montgomery County School System band programmes

Clarksville-Montgomery County School System · Clarksville, TN

Seven schools received new instruments to expand band access for students relying on shared instruments.

Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation — Instrument Grant

$147,250 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Codman Academy Charter Public School

Dorchester, MA

Codman Academy Charter Public School Farm to School Implementation grant project, Lettuce Grow Codman, has the aim and mission to improve its student nutrition, provide agricultural education opportunities, and help students establish a positive relationship with food, enhances classroom education through hands-on learning, outdoor education in…

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$99,700 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Columbus City Schools

Columbus, OH

The goal of the Advanced Hydroponics in the Classrooms of Columbus City Schools project is to educate and engage students and teachers in agriculture through academic calendar-based hydroponics using multiple systems, some prototypes, to grow non-traditional crops such as summer fruits and vegetables to engage urban youth in urban schools.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$99,584 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Community Alliance with Family Farmers

Davis, CA

The Community Alliance with Family Farmer’s Bid Generator platform is the first software to host the entire bid process for public institutions; it has changed the face of school procurement. A free, open- sourced technological solution, it automates the creation of federally mandated bid solicitations for school food.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$89,515 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

Nespelem, WA

Several schools from the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation will partner with the Colville Tribe’s Fish and Wildlife Department to develop an action plan to incorporate fresh fish and game meat from the new meat processing facility into the schools’ Child Nutrition Programs.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$43,125 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Corvallis Environmental Center

Corvallis, OR

Growing Healthy Communities: Connecting Students to their Food System in Benton and Linn Counties will build food system connections among stakeholders in both counties, expand Farm to School programming into rural areas of Linn County at three new elementary schools, and add classes for low income and Spanish speaking students at Corvallis and…

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$100,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

County of Bedford Superintendent of Schools

Shelbyville, TN

Bedford County Schools’ Turnkey Edible Garden Project: Fresh for ALL, establishes hydroponic vegetable production systems and raised bed vegetable production units at Shelbyville Central High School to bring edible garden education to students in Shelbyville, Tennessee.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$50,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Cuyahoga County Board of Health

Parma, OH

The Cuyahoga County Board of Health will build on 15 years of foundational work in farm to school to pilot a youth ambassador program.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$100,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Daleville Community Schools

Daleville, IN

“Production Junction” will consist of an outdoor education center that is adjacent to the raised garden beds and the greenhouse. This station will consist of enough outdoor tables to host an entire grade level of students at one time.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$98,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

De Soto High School

De Soto, WI

Youth Garden Grant with a specialty award plus gardening supplies.

KidsGardening — Youth Garden Grant

$500 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Donna Newell

Erie High School · Erie, PA

Shared Grand Prize: $30,000 to the teacher and $70,000 to the welding program.

Harbor Freight Tools for Schools — Prize for Teaching Excellence Grand Prize

$100,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Druid City Garden Project

Tuscaloosa, AL

Schoolyard Roots, a garden education non-profit based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, will generate new curriculum for its Gardens 2 Schools program with garden lessons that incorporate social emotional learning and culturally responsive learning.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$50,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Eat Real Certified, Inc.

San Francisco, CA

Eat Real and Small Bites Adventure Club will strengthen and extend the farm to school ecosystem for historically underserved communities across Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Oklahoma through this grant.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$463,614 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School

Washington, DC

The Stokes School Freedom Farm represents the culmination of efforts to establish a working farm. Stokes School’s Brookland campus is on 2.14 acres in northeast Washington, DC, and half acre of this land is available for farm space.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$99,997 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Evans Early Childhood LLC

Fort Morgan, CO

Evans Early Childhood will employ Innovation, Elevation, and Partnerships in their work for the Edible Garden Project: Evans Early Childhood STEM Greenhouse Bus. For this project the wheels on the bus do not go “round and round” but, rather this stationary bus becomes a greenhouse learning lab!

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$50,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Every Neighborhood Partnership

Fresno, CA

Every Neighborhood Partnership (ENP) will partner with Fresno Unified School District (FUSD), the third largest school district in California, to accomplish the Read Fresno Nutrition and Gardening project.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$98,485 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Federal Way School District #210

Federal Way, WA

Federal Way Public School's Garden to Cafeteria project will allow foods grown in school gardens by students to be served as part of the National School Lunch Program.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$95,737 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Flying Pig Farm

Manitou Springs, CO

Flying Pig Farm is a two acre urban farm whose mission is to cultivate resilient relationships with food and natural systems through land-based learning.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$96,057 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Fort Collins High School

Poudre School District · Fort Collins, CO

Youth garden teaching plant biodiversity and ecosystem stewardship.

KidsGardening — Budding Botanist Grant

$500 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Friends of School of the Arts Foundation

San Francisco, CA

In partnership with San Francisco Unified School District’s (SFUSD) School Nutrition Services, Ruth Asawa School of the Arts, The Academy-San Francisco at McAteer, Urban Services YMCA, Foodwise, and FoodCorps, Friends of School of the Arts Foundation proposes to re-establish the McAteer Community Farm, creating a farm to school program that…

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$100,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Friends of Zenger Farm

Portland, OR

Friends of Zenger Farm and David Douglas School District (DDSD) will collaborate to expand their existing partnership to further incorporate food justice, food sovereignty, and youth empowerment into their shared farm to school programming.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$97,140 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Garden Farms Foundation

North Las Vegas, NV

The Garden Farms Foundation, in collaboration with Garden Farms of Nevada and three Clark County School District (CCSD) schools, are requesting Turnkey Edible Garden Grant funding for the Edible Gardens in Henderson Schools project.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$41,803 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Gardopia Gardens

San Antonio, TX

Gardopia Gardens will convene and coordinate with seven school districts to work in unison to develop and integrate a comprehensive 15-week Urban Agricultural Curriculum aligned the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Standards and UN Sustainable Development Goals.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$46,963 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Gateway Elementary

Fort Myers, FL

$1,000 and an irrigation kit to build a water-conserving garden.

KidsGardening — Waterwise Garden Grant

$1,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Greater Johnstown School District

Johnstown, NY

The Greater Johnstown School District project seeks to increase locally sourced and minimally processed foods served to students in school meals and to expand agricultural education across the district.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$99,985 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Grow Portland

Portland, OR

Grow Portland will expand beyond elementary Garden School programs to fill a district-identified gap in 6th-8th garden programming and create a K-8 pipeline of food gardening education for primarily low-income, diverse students.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$99,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Growing Places Garden Project, Inc.

Leominster, MA

Growing Places is the lead applicant in "Implementing Farm to School in Fitchburg and Gardner" (F2S FiG), a project that will promote local sourcing and agricultural education in two high needs public school districts in North Central MA – Fitchburg and Gardner.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$99,906 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

H2O Warriors team

Dr. Shirley J. Williamson Elementary School · Houston, TX

Student team won the Water Edition challenge and received two filtered water refill stations for the cafeteria.

Captain Planet Foundation — Green Heart STEM Challenge

2024

Historical award — not current funding

Hamburg Central School District

Hamburg, NY

Hamburg Central School District (HCSD) will work with program partners to initiate new agricultural education programming that will complement the existing farm to school program. HCSD's primary project partners are Seeds of Living Education, a community-based non-profit, and the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Erie County.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$41,445 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Harshman Middle School

Indianapolis Public Schools · Indianapolis, IN

Donated instruments expanded brass and percussion access.

Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation — Instrument Grant

2024

Historical award — not current funding

Hawaii Institute of Pacific Agriculture

Kapaau, HI

Hawai’i Institute of Pacific Agriculture (HIP Ag) is addressing the critical issue in Hawai’i Island public schools, where only 1.25 percent of food is locally-sourced, falling short of the State’s mandate of 30 percent by 2030.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$95,790 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Hazleton Area School District

Hazle Township, PA

The "Growings' initiative, led by Hazleton Area School District, integrates sustainable controlled environment agriculture into the Hazleton Area Career Center. Providing hyper-local, nutrient dense produce and proteins to the cafeteria, the project aligns with the USDA’s objectives for local food security and education.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$99,882 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

HCISD Multi-Language Department

Harlingen Consolidated ISD · Harlingen, TX

Funded a four-week summer bilingual literacy programme for Pre-K and kindergarten emergent bilingual students.

Dollar General Literacy Foundation — Summer Reading Grant

2024

Historical award — not current funding

Health Partners Initiative

Lincoln, NE

Health Partners Initiative dba Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln's Farm to Early Childhood Education project will increase access to local foods, increase sourcing from local and regional producers, and increase access to agriculture education.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$100,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Healthy Flavors, Inc.

Eagleville, TN

Healthy Flavors will form a community of organizations diversely qualified to survey broadly, then specifically select three school districts (up to 20 cafeterias/kitchens) for a farm to school program driving local procurement through the culinary arts.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$497,759 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Historic Johnson Farm Foundation Inc.

Hendersonville, NC

The RootEd in Food and Farm project will pilot a scalable model of agricultural education that connects secondary students with their local food systems through interdisciplinary, project-based learning.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$50,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Holy Family Institute

Pittsburgh, PA

Holy Family Institute will plant edible gardens and utilize a controlled environment agriculture container farm on its campus to provide hands-on agricultural education programming to more than 800 children and youth each year.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$100,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Houston Independent School District

Houston, TX

This project will expand the agriculture and nutrition education efforts of Houston Independent School District-Nutrition Services Get Growing Houston program.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$67,850 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Independent School District No. 625

Saint Paul, MN

Saint Paul Public Schools Nutrition Services is in its seventh year of leading Grow Our Own, a school garden program that develops systems to support garden-based food education.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$100,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Jardin 4 Life Inc.

Cleveland, OH

Jardin 4 Life, Rev Love, and Food Access Raises Everyone (FARE) has partnered to close the gap in agricultural education, policy change, workforce development, and local produce procurement to Cultivate Cleveland’s Next Generation. They aim to create a pathway for their young people to thrive in the agricultural sector.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$99,999 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Jeff Winn

South Kitsap High School · Port Orchard, WA

Grand Prize for excellence in carpentry and construction education.

Harbor Freight Tools for Schools — Prize for Teaching Excellence Grand Prize

$100,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

John Kim

Ypsilanti Community High School · Ypsilanti, MI

Prize winner for manufacturing teaching.

Harbor Freight Tools for Schools — Prize for Teaching Excellence

$50,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Jordan Engelhardt

Lyons Township High School · La Grange, IL

Grand Prize for excellence in automotive skilled trades education.

Harbor Freight Tools for Schools — Prize for Teaching Excellence Grand Prize

$100,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Kelly Dopp and Brooke Barker

John Gregg Elementary School · OH

Sixth graders study electrical circuits and build kinetic circus-themed sculptures inspired by Alexander Calder.

Toshiba America Foundation — TAF Grants K-5

$3,395 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Kids' Food Basket

Grand Rapids, MI

Utilizing its 10-acre farm in Ottawa County, on-site greenhouse, and learning barn, Kids' Food Basket will improve access and exposure to local foods for elementary-aged children.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$100,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Kimberly Johnson

Auburn City Schools · Auburn, AL

Named the 2024 NEA Member Benefits Award for Teaching Excellence recipient.

NEA Foundation — Member Benefits Award for Teaching Excellence

$25,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Kōkua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services

Honolulu, HI

The goal of the Kōkua Kalihi Valley’s "HALE ʻAina" (Feeding their Home) project is to strengthen relationships among farmers, school administrators, cafeteria staff, and families to increase demand for and expand locally-sourced and culturally-relevant food services within Kalihi’s school districts.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$99,960 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Lake County School District

Tiptonville, TN

Lake County, Tennessee is a rural county in Northwest Tennessee with a rich agricultural history, with hunting and tourism opportunities around Reelfoot Lake. This project will create a unified, county-wide farm to school vision and plan for implementation.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$50,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Laura Cruz-Gomez

Fannin Middle School · Grand Prairie, TX

Equipment and funds for classroom scientific research.

Society for Science — STEM Research Grants

2024

Historical award — not current funding

Laurel High School

Prince George's County Public Schools · Laurel, MD

Youth garden teaching plant biodiversity and ecosystem stewardship.

KidsGardening — Budding Botanist Grant

$500 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Lexington Traditional Magnet School

Lexington, KY

One of 200 schools nationwide funded to update and diversify the library collection.

Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries — School Library Grant

$5,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Lincoln Public Schools

Lincoln, NE

The Nurturing Northeast Lincoln project will develop and expand school gardens and Family and Consumer Science courses in three high poverty middle schools in northeast Lincoln as the foundation for introducing agriculture education and related careers, as well as increasing access to locally grown foods.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$100,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Long Elementary School

Dearborn Public Schools · Dearborn, MI

Library grant to update and diversify the collection.

Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries — School Library Grant

$5,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Louisiana Department of Education

Baton Rouge, LA

The objective of this project is to improve access to local foods in eligible Child Nutrition Program sites through comprehensive farm to school programming that includes local sourcing and agricultural education efforts.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$364,908 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Luckiamute Valley Charter School

Dallas, OR

This rural Oregon school will hire a part-time gardening co-teacher to provide weekly gardening education to over 200 students. The classes will teach students to create gardens, plant, maintain, harvest, and process locally grown produce for taste testing and simple meal preparation.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$49,781 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Mayes County HOPE Coalition

Pryor, OK

Mayes County HOPE Coalition will establish a Turnkey Agricultural Education curriculum by hiring a director for the Digging in the Dirt project to develop the curriculum based on Oklahoma Farm to School curriculum. The funds will be used for the position, travel, supplies, and veggie bucks for the students to utilize at the farmer’s market.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$40,097 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

McGuffey Middle School

McGuffey School District · Washington, PA

$1,000 and an irrigation kit to build a water-conserving garden.

KidsGardening — Waterwise Garden Grant

$1,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Michigan Health Improvement Alliance, Inc.

Freeland, MI

A Regional Approach to Farm to School in Rural Northeast Michigan will assemble a Farm to School Planning Committee with representatives from agriculture, food, and education in rural Northeast Michigan to conduct an inclusive and comprehensive action planning process for a regional approach to farm to school.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$49,977 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Middleton High School social studies team

Middleton High School · Middleton, WI

Replaced projector screens with interactive boards in social studies classrooms.

Voya Financial — Unsung Heroes

$2,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Midtown Partners, Inc.

Jackson, MS

The Midtown Farm to Community Initiative will build food sovereignty and community resiliency by farming underutilized urban land in the Midtown community.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$98,041 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Mike Degitis

Cherry Creek Innovation Campus · Aurora, CO

Grand Prize for excellence in construction skilled trades education.

Harbor Freight Tools for Schools — Prize for Teaching Excellence Grand Prize

$100,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Mollen Foundation for Childhood Obesity

Phoenix, AZ

Mollen Foundation will implement the Arizona Farm to School Institute and support eight school or district teams of five across the four regions of Arizona to build and implement a place-based action plan rooted in the three C's: Classroom, Cafeteria, Community, adapted from Vermont FEED's evidenced based model.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$99,742 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Morris Elementary School

Des Moines Public Schools · Des Moines, IA

Library grant to update and diversify the collection.

Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries — School Library Grant

$5,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Mountain Roots Food Project

Gunnison, CO

In the rural Colorado mountain community, Mountain Roots Food Project will connect students to the sources of their food by expanding existing farm to school environmental education programming into middle school science classes in the Gunnison Watershed School District RE1J.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$49,998 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Ms. Timmons

T.H. Rogers School · Houston, TX

Middle school students designed and built generators to meet the calculated energy needs of a simulated Mars colony.

Toshiba America Foundation — TAF Grants 6-12

$5,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

National Kidney Foundation of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

The National Kidney Foundation of Michigan, in collaboration with community and State partners including Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems, Michigan State University Extension, Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities, Michigan State Department of Education, and early care and education providers will implement the…

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$100,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Neighborhood North: Museum of Play

Beaver Falls, PA

The 'Grow Great Program' by Neighborhood North Museum will be revolutionizing education in Big Beaver Falls School District with this project that will be focused on integrating Vertical Aquaculture and Hydroponic Systems for hands-on learning.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$46,075 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Nettleton Public Schools

Jonesboro, AR

Nettleton Public Schools will expand school gardens in two of its elementary schools—STEAM Elementary and STEAM Intermediate. Both schools currently operate school gardens and are in the beginning stages of offering food from the gardens in school meals and snacks.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$44,115 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

New Britain Roots

New Britain, CT

Connecticut Farm to School Institute is a comprehensive statewide year-long learning professional learning opportunity for school or district teams that builds capacity in school communities by bringing together food service staff, educators, administrators, and community partners to develop their farm to school programs and helps to bring more…

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$97,927 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

New Hampshire Belknap County Conservation District

Laconia, NH

The Belknap County Conservation District will hire a Lakes Region Farm to School Coordinator to support development of four Farm to School Action Plans in New Hampshire’s Lakes Region with a two-tier approach: 1) three school district Farm to School Action Plans to better connect rural schools to local farms, address child food insecurity and…

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$48,569 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

New Lexington City Schools

New Lexington, OH

Through the New Lexington Grows project, the New Lexington City School District will implement a comprehensive food science program with students in grades 6-8, attending the New Lexington Middle School. This program will connect students with the sources of their food through hands-on learning experiences in a 96' by 20' greenhouse on campus.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$99,809 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Newton County Foundation for Educational Excellence

Covington, GA

The Newton County Foundation for Educational Excellence will partner with the Newton County Public School System, a Georgia school district serving rural and suburban communities.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$94,531 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Oakley Van Oss

Summit High School · Frisco, CO

Prize winner for construction and welding teaching.

Harbor Freight Tools for Schools — Prize for Teaching Excellence

$50,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Olympia, WA

The Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) will develop 24 comprehensive “plug and play” Harvest of the Month toolkits with purchasing, promoting, and educating about local foods.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$136,078 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Ohio Department of Education and Workforce

Columbus, OH

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce will partner with the Ohio Department of Agriculture to create a student focused Food Safety for Gardens training program equipping students and educators with the knowledge and resources to plant, grow, harvest, prepare, and consume produce grown in edible, educational gardens.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$131,708 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Olean City School District

Olean, NY

The District will implement a new curriculum that will be embedded beginning in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 and to include tower gardens, a greenhouse, and field trips to different types of farms. Also, a garden club, chef contest, agricultural science fair, and participation in the local farmers market will be implemented.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$99,500 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Olivewood Gardens & Learning Center Inc.

National City, CA

Olivewood Gardens & Learning Center's Improving Agricultural Education for National School District through School Gardens Program will provide standards-based, experiential, school garden-based lessons for 4,700 TK - 6th grade students.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$50,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Oregon Bethel School District #52

Eugene, OR

The Bethel Farm to Market Agricultural Education Grant will expand the farm by one acre, dedicated to crop production for the Kalapuya High School's Agriculture, Culinary, & Entrepreneurial Food Production program.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$49,964 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Pasadena Unified School District

Pasadena, CA

Pasadena Unified School District will design and establish a new educational component of its well-established Farm to School program.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$50,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Pennsylvania Department of Education

Harrisburg, PA

Pennsylvania Department of Education plans for a multi-component project to address various stages of readiness among Child Nutrition Program operators to initiate and/or expand local sourcing and agricultural education efforts.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$202,044 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma

Miami, OK

Peoria Progress: Rockdale will allow for the existing kitchen of a recently purchased elementary school to be fitted and prepared to store and prepare fresh and local meat, dairy, and produce that the Tribe will prepare for the daycare students they serve.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$193,015 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Perez Elementary

McAllen ISD · McAllen, TX

Library grant to update the school's collection.

Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries — School Library Grant

$5,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

PilotED Schools of Indiana, Inc.

Indianapolis, IN

Bethel Park Elementary will expand production of, and access to, edible gardens on campus. This will be accomplished through the purchase and installation of a salad bar and greenhouse. A salad bar in the school cafeteria will allow the service of food grown on campus, and a greenhouse will increase food production.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$30,960 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Public Health Management Corporation

Philadelphia, PA

Public Health Management Corporation, under its Division of Health Promotion Services, proposes the Roots to Readiness Project to address inequities in and improve access to therapeutic garden activities, local foods, and healthy nutrition for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities ages 5 to 21 in the Greater Philadelphia…

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$100,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Quality Care for Children

Atlanta, GA

Quality Care For Children uses Georgia’s Harvest of the Month calendar as an education tool to ensure children are introduced to a variety of local fruits and vegetables. With this funding, Quality Care For Children will develop a standards-aligned curriculum of classroom activities that will supplement and reinforce nutrition education.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$50,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Queens Botanical Garden Society Inc.

Flushing, NY

The proposed project "Growing Community: Training Urban Farmers of Tomorrow" will be a collaboration between the non-profit organization Queens Botanical Garden and The Renaissance Charter School, to expand local sourcing and improve agricultural education to the students.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$99,858 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Rapid City Area Schools

Rapid City, SD

Rapid City School District presents Nourishing Futures, seeks to establish a robust connection between local farms, educational institutions, and the broader community.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$37,500 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission

Culpeper, VA

The Rappahannock-Rapidan Farm to School Gap Analysis and Pilot Program, led by the Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission’s project aims to use Carver Food Enterprise Center 's commercial kitchen for a monthly delivery of a local, healthy entree or side dish to Rappahannock County Public School Students.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$92,084 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Robert Pease

Fleming County High School · Flemingsburg, KY

Prize winner for welding teaching.

Harbor Freight Tools for Schools — Prize for Teaching Excellence

$50,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Rural Action, Inc.

The Plains, OH

This project seeks to expand access to and knowledge of healthy, local food in Appalachian Ohio and West Virginia’s K-12 schools through a multi-pronged approach of local food procurement, professional development and training, multi-State peer to peer learning, agricultural education, and workforce development.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$457,731 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Salamanca City Central School District

Salamanca, NY

The Salamanca City Central School District will establish a garden in which indigenous/medicinal plantings and produce will be planted. The garden will be established to not only benefit the Food Services Program by providing fresh fruits and vegetables but will also serve as a learning space for the district students.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$50,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

San Diego Youth Services

San Diego, CA

San Diego Youth Services will develop the edible food production capacity of the Spring Valley East Community Center Garden by improving irrigation, expanding the size of garden plots and arable soil on site, and sourcing, introducing, and maintaining a variety of fruit and vegetable plants and trees.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$50,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

San Luis Valley Local Foods Coalition

Alamosa, CO

The San Luis Valley Local Foods Coalition’s project, “Agricultural Education at the Rio Grande Farm Park and Beyond,” will bridge a divide between students in south-central Colorado and their food sources, fostering an understanding of agriculture and potentially inspiring future careers in the field.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$49,941 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Santa Fe Trail Middle School educators

Santa Fe Trail Middle School · Olathe, KS

Expanded an interschool community-service programme to two more middle schools.

Voya Financial — Unsung Heroes

$2,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

School Board of Duval County

Jacksonville, FL

Duval County Public Schools partners with the Mayport Aquaculture Expansion project to install and integrated aquaponics operation at Mayport Coastal Sciences Middle School.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$100,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

School District No 116 Champaign County Illinois

Urbana, IL

Urbana School District #116 in collaboration with Sola Gratia Farm and Champaign-Urbana Public Health District will continue their work to increase healthy, local food consumption and agricultural education opportunities for students in Urbana School District 116.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$99,500 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

School District of Bayfield

Bayfield, WI

The School District of Bayfield is a culturally diverse, rural district in northern Wisconsin serving the communities of Bayfield, Madeline Island, and the Red Cliff Ojibwe Nation, of which 83 percent of students are tribal members.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$50,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

School District of Manatee County

Bradenton, FL

Manatee County Farm to School Garden Program will establish the school gardens and provide a comprehensive educational experience.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$37,250 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

School Garden Support Organization Network

Norwood, MA

Under the School Garden Support Organization Network's leadership, this project seeks to synthesize school garden data from schools, school districts, organizations, and government agencies across the United States.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$319,339 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Sequoia Union Elementary School District

Lemon Cove, CA

The Sequoia Union School Farm Advisory Team will offer hands-on learning experiences that encompass all aspects of planting, raising, harvesting, processing, cooking, and consuming agricultural products. They will install irrigation, including all parts and labor, as well as the purchase of harvesting bins, garden carts, and harvesting shears.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$50,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Simon Escalada-Mastick

Ha:san Preparatory & Leadership School · Tucson, AZ

Students used a CNC machine to turn local waste into functional items while learning subtractive manufacturing and CAD.

Toshiba America Foundation — TAF Grants 6-12

$5,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Simon Escalada-Mastick

Ha:san Preparatory & Leadership School · Tucson, AZ

One of 41 educators awarded research equipment or funds for hands-on science research.

Society for Science — STEM Research Grants

2024

Historical award — not current funding

Soil Born Farm Urban Agriculture Project

Rancho Cordova, CA

The Growing Together Project will create a full-circle farm to school experience for urban youth in the under-resourced community of Rancho Cordova, located in the Sacramento Valley region of California.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$98,063 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES

Canton, NY

St. Lawrence-Lewis Board of Cooperative Educational Services will combine local sourcing and agricultural education to grow long-term resiliency in its existing Farm to School Initiative and to increase agricultural awareness in the students and communities it serves. Key partners include Cornell Cooperative Extension of St. Lawrence County, St.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$99,814 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Star of the Sea Foundation

Key West, FL

The Star of the Sea Foundation will enhance and expand farm to school programming to reach more than 3,000 students at K-12 public schools and summer camps in Key West. They plan to include 16 interactive lessons for 5th graders with aeroponic gardening, guest speakers, and local farm visits.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$49,292 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston

Boston, MA

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston will develop internal structures that will formalize and expand Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston’s patchwork of Club Garden programs.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$48,800 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

The Chickasaw Nation

Ada, OK

The Chickasaw Nation plans to transition their in-person curriculum to a virtual curriculum. The virtual curriculum development will include a style guide, logo, characters, printed lessons, and digital lessons, along with classroom aids and collaterals. The new curriculum will pair virtual lessons with taste tests of local produce.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$50,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

The Cobleskill Campus Child Care Center Inc.

Cobleskill, NY

The Cobleskill Campus Childcare Center will lead a research and planning process that will introduce and sustain a farm to early education initiative at the Center to serve children ages 0-5.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$43,524 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

The Cornucopia Project

Peterborough, NH

Cornucopia Project's High School Food Systems Journey project will establish a four-year agriculture/nutrition curriculum that is accessible for all high school students in the Northeast. This project refines Cornucopia Project's student farmer program to pair with statewide initiatives in science and agricultural vocational training.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$47,546 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

The Edible Classroom

Washington Boro, PA

The Edible Classroom in partnership with four schools in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, are working together to bring Pennsylvania’s newly adopted Science Technology Engineering Environmental Literacy & Sustainability curriculum standards to life in their existing school gardens and develop pathways to bring student-grown food into the cafeteria.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$49,995 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

The Farm School at Gibbs Road Inc.

Kansas City, KS

Growing Futures Through On-Farm Education will directly impact 2,500 youth in a high need community through on-farm, hands-on learning experiences and school outreach.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$98,382 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

The Food Trust

Philadelphia, PA

The Food Trust aims to enhance local food availability in underserved Pennsylvania communities through farm to school initiatives, aligning with the Pennsylvania Farm to School Network’s strategic plan.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$97,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

The Smart Box

Fairfax, SC

The Smart Box Nonprofit Organization has partnered with the Allendale County School District to include Agricultural Education Activities in the school’s curriculum. The purpose of this collaboration is to increase student’s access to healthy food, nutrition-based learning activities, and exposure to farm activities among students grades K-12.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$49,926 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Third Sector New England, Inc.

Boston, MA

Massachusetts Farm to School will support innovative local food purchasing and promotion efforts for school districts across the Commonwealth.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$99,560 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Tilth Alliance

Seattle, WA

Tilth Alliance’s “Growing Local Food Access and Education with Farmers, Students, and Teachers” project will increase Washington State producers’ readiness to participate with school buyers; provide K-12 students with hands-on education on an urban farm; increase access to locally grown produce for Seattle Public School students; and support…

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$98,408 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Titusville Area School District

Titusville, PA

The Cultivating Connections initiative is propelling the Titusville Area School District into a new era of agricultural education and sustainability. This transformative project centers on expanding Controlled Environment Agriculture offerings, aquaculture and hydroponics, in both the high school and middle school.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$99,360 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Turning Green

Sausalito, CA

Conscious Kitchen, a program operated by Turning Green, works to transform meal programs in Bay Area, Central Coast, and other California school districts engaging college-level food systems leaders, interns and fellows to transform school meal service.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$50,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

United Charitable

Ashburn, VA

ReTreeUS will partner with 20 schools throughout New England; KidsGardening and The Giving Grove will implement nationally replicable school orchard programs that will maximize fruit harvests, student learning opportunities and program sustainability.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$218,182 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Upland Unified School District

Upland, CA

Upland Unified School District Nutrition Services will work with community staff from University of California Cooperative Extension, San Bernardino County Farm Bureau, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, and Sustainable Claremont to establish an Edible Garden team to increase production.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$50,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Urban Sprouts

University City, MO

Urban Sprouts is committed to an economically inclusive community, 48.2 percent of participating children qualify for free-and-reduced means according to NSLP.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$100,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

VSDB Foundation

Staunton, VA

Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind Foundation will partner with the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind to enhance the school’s edible school garden.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$49,830 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Washington, D.C. DC Central Kitchen, Inc.

Washington, DC

DC Central Kitchen (DCCK) will convert 12 DC Public Schools (DCPS) from more traditional foodservices to a model using farm to school local sourcing practices and complimentary agricultural education.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$100,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

West Morris Central High School Technology and Engineering Department

West Morris Central High School · Chester, NJ

Funded 3-D printers used for student design and service-learning projects, including a redesigned courtyard rain garden.

Toshiba America Foundation — TAF Grants 6-12

$4,945 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Youth & Opportunity United, Inc.

Evanston, IL

Youth & Opportunity United will plan, implement, and evaluate its Food, Farming, Future program. Food, Farming, Future partners with The Talking Farm, a local non-profit, will provide agricultural education to primarily low-income youth of color in Evanston, Illinois.

USDA Food and Nutrition Service — Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program

$50,000 · 2024

Historical award — not current funding

Growing Gardens

Portland, OR

Two-year project connecting over 4,000 students and families with hands-on food and garden education at 11 schools, developing teen food-system leaders and strengthening regional school garden programmes. Project complete.

USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture — Food Agriculture Service Implementation Project (Youth Grow)

$224,818 · 2021

Historical award — not current funding

Highland Elementary School

Highland Arts Elementary School · Mesa, AZ

Outdoor learning space for an overcrowded Title I arts elementary school of 700 students, including shaded covering, mural, outdoor games and a refreshed garden, built with Lowe's volunteers and NFL player Kelvin Beachum.

Lowe's Companies, Inc. — Lowe's 100 Hometowns

2021

Historical award — not current funding

C.O.R.E. @ the Camptonville Academy

Marysville, CA

A 15,500 square foot Resource Learning Center for a rural charter school serving 420 K-12 homeschooled students with a personalized learning model, ending seven years of cramped facilities.

USDA Rural Development — Community Facilities Loan and Grant Program

2015

Historical award — not current funding

Codman Academy

Codman Academy Charter Public School · Dorchester, MA

Capital grant for technology at Codman Academy, a charter public school in Dorchester, Boston.

Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation — Small Capital Grants

$47,000 · 2005