Making the Farm / School Connection: Opportunities and Barriers to Greater Use of Locally-grown Produce in Public Schools

January 2006

JoAnne Berkenkamp, Food Systems Consultant

This report, prepared for the University of Minnesota Department of Applied Economics, discusses local foods in public schools.

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This page was found at http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/pubs-and-papers/2006-01-farm-school-connection on 01/21/2013