Farm to School

Farm to School Grant 2021- Summary

South Monterey County Joint Union High School District will establish two farm to cafeteria educational programs that involve a partnership between the Greenfield High School Agriculture Department and the district’s Nutrition Services Department. The district will develop a student-operated school garden at Greenfield High School where students will produce fruits and vegetables, which the Nutrition Services Department will purchase and integrate into school meals. The district will also develop an animal education program at the high school, in which students will raise pigs, have the pork meat processed, and sell to the Nutrition Services Department to incorporate into school lunch meals. As students engage in this experiential learning, it will enhance their classroom instruction in fields such as Agriculture Business and Economics, Animal Anatomy and Physiology, and Agriculture Earth Science.

Farm to School Grant 2022- Summary

South Monterey County Joint Union High School District will establish two farm to school programs by partnering with the California Wheat Commission (CWC) to procure whole grain wheat from California farmers, use a mill for baked goods, and use an extruder to add fresh pasta into school meals. The district will also procure local grass-fed beef for school meals.

Greenfield High School students tried our scratch made red pork pozole. The pork meat was purchased from the Ag department.