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Farm to School Program
Durango and Southwest Colorado School Districts: Southwest Colorado
Institutional cafeterias serve millions of children and adults every day; due to purchasing restrictions, few serve locally grown food. Farm to School is a successful nationwide program that connects schools with nearby farmers with the goals of serving healthy meals, educating students about nutrition and supporting local growers. In Durango, Colorado, local farmers and ranchers have been providing farm-fresh foods on school breakfast and lunch plates since 2005.
[Image Credit: Jim Dwyer + Krista Garand]
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ABOUT THE ESSAY
Partly SunnyPartly Sunny — an exhibition curated and produced at the Rhode Island School of Design — showcases three dozen projects and programs that are successfully confronting the challenges of climate change.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Charlie Cannon is an Associate Professor of Industrial Design at the Rhode Island School of Design. At RISD, Charlie helped found the Innovation Studio to explore solutions to complex problems through interdisciplinary collaboration. More Bio >>
