It takes a village - Farm To School HOW SCHOOL GARDENS CAN IMPROVE VEGETABLE INTAKE IN STUDENTS - 2016 (Read-Only)

Farm To School

HOW SCHOOL GARDENS CAN IMPROVE
 VEGETABLE INTAKE IN STUDENTS…
    TEACHERS… AND FAMILIES

       It takes a village

Farm To School

Sourcing locally produced foods in
school cafeterias

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   FGA_PSA_rough_draft.mp4?dl=0

WEEKLY VEGETABLE REQUIREMENTS

¢   Dark Green (broccoli, collard greens, spinach,
     romaine, bok choy, chinese cabbage, kale)

¢   Red/Orange (carrots, sweet potatoes)

¢   Beans/Peas (kidney beans, lentils)

¢   Starchy (corn, green peas, white potatoes)

¢   Other (onions, green beans, cucumbers, turnips)

Red Russian, Lacianato, and scotch curly kale at Batesville
                  Intermediate School

2004-2015: RESEARCH CONFIRMS

Increase interest in eating fruits and vegetables and
improve attitude toward fruits and vegetables.

Improve attitude toward vegetables and toward fruit
and vegetable snacks

Improve nutrition knowledge and vegetable
preferences.

Increase preference of vegetables.

Increase children’s knowledge about the benefits of
eating fruit and vegetables and participants reported
eating healthier snacks.

Increase fruit and vegetable consumption in
adolescents.

WHY WE DO THIS
¢   “Our students look forward to working in the garden. They
     love getting their hands dirty and working in the soil, of
     course, they love finding worms, weeds, not so much.”

                          Cindy Weisenbach, Teacher, Grade 3

MORE - WHY WE DO THIS
¢ “Wow, these pole beans have grown! Grade 3

¢   “Our 4th grade daughter asked us again this fall to make one of
     her favorite recipes: Underground Candy, the winning recipe at
     Batesville Intermediate School during turnip days- 2014.”
                                                            Jeff Hartz,
                                                                 parent

FIRST BCSC GARDEN - 2010

BULLDOG GARDEN AT BHS

BPS GARDENS

FIRST DELECATA SQUASH SEEDS BEING
     PLANTED AT BPS GARDENS

Food Day – 2015 – Power up with Kale, BIS

SARGEANT SWEET POTATO

31% of Indiana school districts surveyed by USDA
  say they participate in farm to school activities.
That's 124 districts
With 662 schools
And 378,933 students
Another 19% of districts surveyed plan to start
  farm to school activities in the future.
(Note: of the 550 school districts in Indiana, 72%
  completed the USDA Farm to School Census.)

ONE IN A MELON AWARD WINNER:
BATESVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL
CORP

¢ Based on a tally of the number of votes received,
   the school district above was selected as a stand
   out in Indiana.
¢ What we heard during the nomination process:

¢ Batesville Community schools are actively
   reaching out to the local producers to get more
   fresh, local food in the cafeterias! Their gardens
   are beautiful and the children love to participate
   in the growing.
¢ Congratulations to all the school districts in
   Indiana conducting farm to school programs.

Power Upping my fruit smoothie with KALE!
Green doesn’t taste so bad after all!

Coming to a garden near you this fall, introducing…..
  Detective Deli Cata and Inspector Zuc Chini
           Oh my GOSH! That’s Squash!

Farm To School
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
   Margaret Mary Health

   Food and Growers Association (FGA)

   Indiana State Department of Health

   Batesville Community School Corporation

   Indiana Dept. of Education

   Ivy Tech Community College

   City of Batesville

   The Big Four Café

$11,152,900
invested in local food in Indiana

Census data indicate that nationally, schools
 purchased nearly $790 million in local food from
 farmers, ranchers, fishermen, food processors,
 and manufacturers in school year 2013 – 2014.
 This represents an 105% increase over school
 year 2011-2012 when the first USDA Farm to
 School Census was conducted. Nearly half (47%)
 of these districts plan to purchase even more
 local foods in future school years.