

October is National Farm to School Month
Jenny Lester Moffitt, Undersecretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and Nick Anicich, Farm to School Program Lead for the CDFA Office of Farm to Fork, met with Cathy Olsen of Winters Farm to School on September 24, 2019 to learn more about the work of Winters Farm to School. Moffitt, a fifth-generation from Winters, and Anicich helped distribute fresh food to over 320 students at the Kids Farmer’s Market held at Waggoner School that day. October


Farm to Summer Week Challenge One in a Melon Award
Children in Winters have reason to smile a big watermelon smile! On September 19, 2019, Cathy Olsen, Food Services Director for the Winters Joint Unified School District, was presented with the first ever Farm to Summer Week Challenge One in a Melon Award. Presented on behalf of the California Department of Education (CDE), Nutrition Services Division (NSD), and the California Department of Food and Agriculture, Office of Farm to Fork, Winters was one of only 10 other awarde