Branford schools won $100,000 to expand farm-to-school meals
A Henry P. Kendall Foundation New England Food Vision Prize will pay for school chefs and farm-to-school coordinators so Branford can serve more Connecticut-grown food in regular meals at no extra charge to students.
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Branford Public Schools won a $100,000 New England Food Vision Prize from the Henry P. Kendall Foundation, Branford Patch reported. The grant will fund school chefs and farm-to-school coordinators.
The aim is more Connecticut-grown food in ordinary meals, at no extra charge to students. The $100,000 is the prize, and the staffing is how the district plans to spend it, not a menu that has already replaced every lunch.
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Branford Public Schools in Connecticut won $100,000 from the Henry P. Kendall Foundation's New England Food Vision Prize. The money will pay for school chefs and farm-to-school coordinators. Their job is to put more food grown in Connecticut onto regular school meals. Students will not pay extra for those meals. The prize is a grant the district will use to build the program, not a report that every lunch is already coming from a local farm.
- What does farm-to-school mean?
- Why hire a chef and a coordinator instead of only buying different ingredients once?
- Why would a school promise that the new meals will not cost students extra?
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