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Farm to School and Local Food

Farm to School and Local Food. Eating healthy Supporting the community Reducing carbon footprints . By Maggie Walsh, Caroline Pelley, and Jane Ward. Benefits of Eating Local Food . 1. Keep dollars in our local economy 2. Embrace what makes Corvallis unique 3. Foster local job creation

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Farm to School and Local Food

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  1. Farm to School and Local Food Eating healthy Supporting the community Reducing carbon footprints By Maggie Walsh, Caroline Pelley, and Jane Ward

  2. Benefits of Eating Local Food 1. Keep dollars in our local economy 2. Embrace what makes Corvallis unique 3. Foster local job creation 4. Help the environment 5. Nurture community 6. Conserve your tax dollars 7. Have more choices 8. Benefit from local owners’ expertise 9. Preserve entrepreneurship 10. Make Corvallis stand out from the crowd

  3. Farm to School Project • Farm to School brings healthy food from local farms to school children nationwide. • Path from farm to fork • Instills healthy eating habits for a lifetime • New direct market for farmers in the area • Eliminates environmental impacts of transporting food long distances. • More than 30 million children eat a school lunch five days a week, 180 days a year. If school lunch can taste great, and support the local community, everyone benefits.

  4. Farm to School: Corvallis • Lincoln, Garfield, Jefferson, Mountain View, Wilson, Hoover, and Adams • Offer local food-educate-results • Produce of the month • April: salad greens • May: peas

  5. Our project: Introduction • We went to local elementary schools during their lunch hours and served fresh, local foods to them. We shared with them where the food came from and asked them their opinions on the food.

  6. Our project: Goals • Enlighten the elementary aged students on the importance of eating local so they can see the benefits and make the choice for local food more often. • Also the farm to school project is an attempt to raise awareness about local food in our high school. We believe that local food can help people eat healthier, support their community, and reduce their carbon footprint.

  7. Our project: Tasting Tables • 4/22 Earth Day- Homemade Hummus from local garbonzo beans and local bread from Richey’s. Students tasting the food Hummus on French bread

  8. Our project: Tasting Tables 5/27- Earth Fair- Local berries from Blueberry Meadows and yogurt and granola from Trader Joe’s. Maggie and Jane setting up Mini parfaits

  9. Our project: Results • We surveyed 30 high school students at our tasting tables and found: • How often to you eat local food? • 2.98 out of 5 (average) • Where to you/your parents purchase the majority of your food? • 1. Winco (17 responses), Safeway (6 responses), Trader Joes/Co-op (5 responses) • Are you aware of the benefits of eating locally? • 3.75 out of 5 (average) • List three places that have local food available for purchase • Co-op (23 responses), Farmer’s Market (20 responses), Richey’s (6 responses) • Is buying local food a priority for you? • Yes (4 responses) • No (9 responses) • S0metimes (17 responses)

  10. Bibliography • "Oregon Profile." Farm to School. 19 Feb. 2009. Web. 1 June 2010. <http://www.farmtoschool.org/state-home.php?id=47>. • Maiser, Jennifer. "10 Reasons to 'Eat Local'... from a Farmers' Market." Fresh Food Finder. 5 Nov. 2008. Web. 1 June 2010. <http://greenbeltfresh.ca/10-reasons-to-eat-local...-from-a- farmers-market>. • Prentince, Jessica . "Top Twelve Reasons to Eat Locally." Locavores. 16 July 2006. Web. 28 May 2010. <http://www.locavores.com /how/why.php>.

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