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Growing Healthier Schools: Bringing Agriculture into Classrooms, Cafeterias & Schoolyards

Growing Healthier Schools: Bringing Agriculture into Classrooms, Cafeterias & Schoolyards

Giving students the opportunity to learn about and interact with agriculture is a great way to contribute to a healthier food environment at school. This training explores policy, systems, and environmental strategies that can help to reduce childhood obesity by improving the food landscape on campus, including: federal school food guidelines; program and legal considerations when starting a school garden; and best practices in farm-to-school activities from an Arizona school district.