Local menu ideas, fun facts and activities are included in this booklet to help start or continue incorporating local foods in Child Nutrition Programs.

The Shop Kansas Farms website can connect you with safe and nutritious local products available for sale. View the map at https://shopkansasfarms.com/map/ . The interactive map allows you to search by region, county, and city by food category.

Tower Garden STEM lessons designed for 4th grade level include Grow, Seeds, Water, Sunshine and You! Each lesson has a puzzle piece included to complete the puzzle when lessons are finished.

The farmers marKIDS downloadable toolkit, designed for 4th - 6th graders, guides children's efforts in harvesting and pricing produce, promoting, advertising and operating their farmers marKIDS stand anytime of the year.

An inspiring video for foodservice directors thinking about shifting their food procurement and menu options to feature more plant-forward entree items.

Four-part Webinar Series for foodservice directors on Healthy, Climate-Friendly School Food: Strategies for Success.

An inspiring and educational resource for school foodservice directors and advocates to learn about the importance of shifting menus and the resources available to help.

A video to help inspire students to get involved in a school district's sustainable food efforts.

An inspiring story from Oakland Unified provides a roadmap for change, showing how to feed kids healthier, more sustainable food on tight budgets.

This report spotlights 3 schools that are implementing a values-based, climate-friendly school food service model rooted in providing 100% organic, scratch-cooked, and plant-forward school meals in low-waste kitchens. We hope it inspires directors!

The Organic School Food Roadmap is a practical “how-to” guide, developed to help school food service teams make organic purchasing decisions and overcome key challenges when buying organic foods.

Designed to train family and community volunteers on how to collaborate with Food Service and School Administration to organize and promote cafeteria taste-tests of locally sourced foods with elementary students.

This guide has resources for educators PreK-12th grade to help teach agriculture, gardening, and nutrition either in the classroom or at home. It highlights resources that are particularly helpful for remote/virtual learning.