Farm to School Mini-Grants
Funds to Support your Farm To School Project
We are thrilled to offer our 2021 mini-grants of up to $500 to support farm to school projects in the Upper Valley. These grants will help your school, afterschool program, or school-related wellness program launch (or continue) projects related to farms, our agricultural heritage, farm products, food production, or local food consumption at the school.
All schools in the Vital Communities service area are welcome to apply! Reach out to Beth Roy with any questions or for assistance. We are excited to support your farm to school projects.
Thank you to the Wellborn Ecology Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation for supporting these grants.
Applicants must fill out a simple application by March 12th.
We strongly encourage you to call Beth Roy, Farm to School Coordinator at 802.291.9100 x105 and discuss your project if you have any questions. Applications received by March 12 will get first consideration, and thereafter applications will be considered on a rolling basis. We have 10 grants of $500 to distribute, and eligible applications will be awarded on merit and geographical representation around the Upper Valley.
Past Farm to School Mini-Grant Recipients and Projects
Juice Me on Veggies, Bethel Elementary and Whitcomb Jr/Sr High School, Bethel, VT
Culinary Kids – Healthy Cooking Class for Preschoolers,Children’s Center of the Upper Valley, Lebanon, NH
Perennial Garden, Creative Lives After School Program, White River Junction, VT
Building Our Garden Classroom, Hartford Memorial Middle School, White River Junction, VT
FTS Taste Tests, Newton School, South Strafford, VT
Growing Potatoes, Carrots and Squash, Raven’s Wood Outdoor School for Renegades, Thetford Center, VT
3rd-Grade Farm Field Trips, Upper Valley Waldorf School, Quechee, VT
Cultivating Community, Woodstock Union Middle and High School, Woodstock, VT
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