Harvesting lettuce

Farm to School

Find out how Somerville is helping students make the connection between what we grow and what we eat. 

Our Featured Vegetable of the Month

January: Root Vegetables

February: Cabbage

March: Leafy Greens

April: Broccoli

May: Spring Greens

June: Peas and Beans

July: Tomato

August: Summer Squash and Zucchini

September: Peppers

October: Corn

November: Winter Squash and Pumpkins

December: Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes

Vegetable of the Month Nutrition Info & Recipe Sources

Partners and Resources

Good education requires strong partnerships between school, community, and families. Students are more likely to make healthy eating choices if they have opportunities to make good choices at school and at home, and connect to food sources. The Somerville Food and Nutrition Services Department works with the following partners to encourage families to help children make healthy food choices:

Shape Up Somerville
Tufts University
UMass Extension Nutrition Program - offers classroom nutrition instruction linked to food service improvements and Shape Up Somerville goals

Our Gardening Partner

Groundwork Somerville - GWS's mission is to bring about the sustained regeneration, improvement, and management of the physical environment through the development of community-based partnerships that empower people, businesses, and organizations to promote environmental, economic, and social well-being. GWS helps manage the school gardens.

WHCIS students gardening

Resources

Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools
Chop Chop magazine
John C. Stalker Institute
Massachusetts Farm to School Project
School Nutrition Association
USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children - Chef Ann Cooper