Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2016
Abstract
In recent years, Mississippi has seen increasing demand for locally grown food. Many consumers, policymakers, and advocates now see locally grown food as bringing health, economic, and environmental benefits to the local community. “Farm to school,” a means of building relationships between local farms and schools, has become increasingly popular, increasing fruit and vegetable consumption among students and strengthening the local economy. In the last decade, farm to school in Mississippi has gone from a little-known concept to a state-supported approach adopted by school districts across the state. For example, through the Mississippi Department of Defense Farm to School Program, a partnership between Mississippi state agencies and federal agencies, the amount of local produce purchased in Mississippi schools increased by 334 percent between 2013 and 2015 alone.
Relational Format
report
Recommended Citation
Harvard Law School Mississippi Delta Project, "Strengthening the Farm to School Movement in Mississippi: Strategies and Policy Goals" (2016). Delta Directions: Publications. 22.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/deltadirections_pub/22
