Illinois Harvest of the Month

What is the Illinois Harvest of the Month? It’s an easy program that helps schools buy and serve more local food, while teaching students about healthy eating, nutrition, and agriculture. Each month, schools can feature and celebrate a different local item on their cafeteria menus. This brings more money to local farmers and puts more nutritious food on student’s plates. Additionally, Harvest of the Month foods come with activities and resources for ways to increase education around that food. It’s fun and easy!

The Illinois Farm to School Network is a growing coalition of organizations, schools and individuals who support food education, local food purchasing and building up our local food economy. Projects like Harvest of the Month are designed to help make it easy for schools to buy local and do more food education. The nonprofit organization S even Generations Ahead runs the Illinois Farm to School Network and is taking the lead on this program.

This project has been funded at least in part with Federal funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The contents of this publication do not necessarily reflect the view or policies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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