Evaluating the Economic Impacts of Farm-to-school Procurement

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm to School Census, during the 2013–2014 school year, 42% of all U.S. schools (5,254 districts including 42,587 schools) participated in farm-to-school activities. These programs included 23.6 million children and purchased almost US$800 m...

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Main Authors: Libby Christensen, Becca B. R. Jablonski, Lacy Stephens, Anupama Joshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
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Online Access:https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/656