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Miami Dade County Public Schools
Food & Nutrition Department (M-DCPS FN) has
been
serving Florida-grown fruits and vegetables
through the school meal program and their farm to
school initiative since 2009.
Miami-Dade County Health Department was awarded
the Communities Putting Prevention to Work grant
from the Center for Disease Control, and the
Miami-Dade County Public Schools of Food
& Nutrition Department was awarded a
portion of this grant to expand its Farm to School
Program. Activities include:
district-wide menu inclusion and distribution of Florida-grown fresh
fruits and vegetables, implementation of a pilot program in 40
schools located in the Southern end of the
District closest to local growers and farms, the integration of
locally grown Farm to School items
into the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, Garden
to Cafeteria procedures and training to use grown
herbs and produce items, assisting
schools to conduct farmers’ markets and
Community-Supported Agriculture (CSAs) as
healthy fundraisers.
Look out for these locally-grown
items in school meals and/or through the Fresh Fruit
and Vegetable Program in participating elementary
schools:
Check the school lunch and
FFVP menus to
see what locally-grown items will be included each
month.
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