Become Aware!

Celebrate Agriculture

2007 National Ag Day Material Available - CLICK HERE and start planning today

Seek choices

Compare your school's lunch program with this working paper out of Occidental College, Healthy School Food Policies: A Checklist

Advocate

My name is Arielle Carpenter and I am a high school senior waging a campaign against childhood obesity. I became a teen advocate for healthy eating about three years ago when I started high school and saw what my peers were eating for lunch...CLICK HERE

Get involved

Start a Farm to School program in your community!

Farm to School programs provide a tasty education into agriculture at an age when they are more likely to learn healthier habits. Studies show that students choosing Farm to School meal options eat significantly more servings of fruits and vegetables compared to their peers eating hot lunches.

Thank you for taking the initiative on this opportunity to increase the nutrition and health of children within all communities, while also improving the economic viability of all farmers.

Resources:

Agriculture Council of America

Farmosa Farms

California Agriculture

National Ag Day Planning Guide

National School Lunch Program (PDF)

Natural Ovens Bakery, Inc

Occidental College

University of California Kearney Research and Extension Center

Urban and Environmental Policy Institute

USDA

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Farmosa Farms promotes agriculture for good health within all communities; encouraging individuals to take responsibility for their health through intelligent choices regarding food and food stuffs. Farmosa Farms is a nonprofit corporation established in California, 2002. For more information please contact mail@farmosafarms.org or (818) 585-5660.