HARRISBURG--Pennsylvania will invest $500,000 in nutritional and agricultural education programs to help steer kindergarten students and their parents toward healthier lives and futures.
The investment is part of the Healthy Farms and Healthy Schools Program, which provides grants to school districts that use educational programs to promote healthy eating and locally grown food.
Recipients were awarded grants of up to $15,000 to cover up to 75 percent of the cost of a project; districts must provide the balance. Any public school district, charter or private school with a kindergarten program was eligible to apply for the money. Eligible projects include:
-- Providing nutritional and agricultural education, including the integration of such information into regular classroom subjects;
-- A focus on locally-grown food produced by Pennsylvania farms;
-- Teacher and educational staff training on nutrition and agricultural education;
-- Educational activities that include parents, caregivers and community groups; and
-- Field trips to Pennsylvania farms or other direct agricultural educational experiences that teach children about sources of food and Pennsylvania agriculture.
The Healthy Farms and Healthy Schools Program, as authorized by Act 184 of 2006, was established to educate kindergartners and their families about the importance of choosing healthy, locally produced foods while increasing awareness of Pennsylvania agriculture.
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
www.agriculture.state.pa.us
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