2021 CA Farm to School Incubator Grant Award Announcement

The California Department of Food and Agriculture Office of Farm to Fork (CDFA-F2F) is excited to announce that it is awarding $8.496 million in grants to 60 farm to school projects throughout the state via the 2021 California Farm to School Incubator Grant Program.

“We’re happy to report that so many projects are being funded in our inaugural year of the California Farm to School Incubator Grant Program,” said CDFA Secretary Karen Ross. “The excitement to participate demonstrates how much the program goals resonate with school meal providers, educators and regional food system partners.”

Congratulations to the Grant Awardees!

Winters Joint Unified School District $20,000 Yolo County

Winters Joint Unified School District will procure new locally grown foods for school meals, create recipes to incorporate the local items into school meals, continue to develop existing school gardens into outdoor classrooms, provide students with produce safety education, coordinate the produce that students grow in school gardens with the produce served in school meals, and integrate student-grown school garden produce into school meals.