On February 8, 2011, an article appeared in The Daily Meal online magazine featuring 10 of America’s best school lunch programs – Orcas Island is one of them!! The Huffington Post online magazine also picked up the story. View slide show and article
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Jefferson County Farm to Schools Coalition is a community-based group working to improve the nutritional value of food served in Jefferson County schools.
- » To educate students, their families, school staff and community members of the importance of childhood nutrition.
- » To advocate for fresh, whole and seasonal foods in place of highly processed ones.
- » To support the school board and administrators, food service providers and farmers, and to overcome barriers to buying and serving local and regionally grown foods.
- » To assist in making school gardening projects successful.
Jefferson County Farm to Schools Coalition
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