Fayette County Farm To School

Interest Inquiry

Fayette County Farm to School will empower youth to make healthy lifestyle choices by promoting the benefits of consuming locally grown and produced foods.

Why Farm to School?

  • Bringing the freshness and quality of local products to Fayette County Schools
  • Helping students & staff understand the economic, environmental and human health benefits of local food
  • Standards-aligned activities into your classroom
  • Growing students into healthier adults-- educated about local food production and the demand for local food products

To participate during the 17-18 school year, please submit at least six weeks prior to desired program date.

What Will Farm To School Look Like in My Classroom?

The Fayette County Farm to School program consists of three 45-minute lessons(either taught by a coalition member or the classroom teacher). If taught by YOU, a complete toolkit is available accompanied by PowerPoint presentations on the following benefits of local food:

 Environmental  Economic  Human Health

Each 45-minute lesson may include a Local Food Taste Test in partnership with UK’s The Food Connection.

Farm To School is designed to address NGSS and KY Core Academic Standards in Social Studies and Practical Living, differentiated for elementary, middle and high school.

Interest Inquiry

  1. Basic SchoolInformation
  2. School Name
  3. Address
  1. Who is the intended audience (4th grade, 5th grade, garden club, cooking club,AP Environmental Science class)?
  1. Approximate number of student participants:
  1. Primary Contact:
  2. Name
  3. E-mail
  4. Work phone number
  5. School position
  1. Secondary Contact:
  2. Name
  3. E-mail
  4. Work phone number
  5. School position
  1. The Fayette Co. Farm to School Coalition has developed Farm To School Toolkits to facilitate the lessons. Each kit contains all three PowerPoint presentations (with notes), activity props, and incentives for kids. Which of the options below would your school like to request?
  1. Borrow a Farm to School Kit, implement the program independently and return Farm To School Kit upon completion. This option may be done at anytime by contacting a coalition member (listed on last page) and is not deadline-dependant.
  2. Request a meeting with a Fayette Co. Farm to School coalition member to review the three lessons.
  3. Request a guest speaker fromthe Fayette Co. Farm to School coalition visit your classroom to teach your lessons. Advance notice is required to schedule.
  1. Has your school participated in any of the following programs? If so, please underline.
  1. Farm to School
  2. Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
  3. Farm Fresh Friday
  4. Green Apple Day of Service
  5. US Dept of Education Green Ribbon School
  6. Fayette Co. School Garden Coalition
  1. Does your school have an active vegetable garden? YES NO

If so, who facilitates this garden (name, email)?

  1. Does your school have a cooking club? YES NO

If so, who facilitates this club (name, email)?

  1. Will the Farm to School lessons be tied into any of these school activities or projects?

If so, please describe:

  1. To help us measure the impact of the Farm to School program, we ask that you facilitate the collection of brief pre- and post-survey data. Surveys are provided by Fayette Co. Farm to School. Are you willing to collect this data? YES NO
  1. Please tell us any other comments/concerns/questions:

A Fayette Co. Farm to School coalition member will be in touch with you within 3 business days of submitting this Interest Inquiry to offer requested support.

Please send completed application information to Tresine Logsdon,

Other coalition members you may contact for kits or questions:

Reena Martin at 502-320-6892 or

Nancy Hiner at 288-2344 or