About Us

Mission

Mass. Farm to School strengthens local farms and fisheries and promotes healthy communities by increasing local food purchasing and education at schools.

Vision

All Massachusetts schools consistently teach about and serve local foods, supporting vibrant local farming and fishing communities and healthy schools, students and families.

Our Guiding Principles

Our work is guided by the following values: Celebration, Collaboration, Transparency, Equity, Health, Local Economies, and Learning.

To read more about our Guiding Principles, click here.

Our Priority Goals

Over the next 3 years, our work we will focus on the following 6 priorities.

  1. Increased Local Food Tracking, Procurement and Sales.
  2. New policies enacted that support farm to school activity.
  3. Community of people active in farm to school is grown, diversified and more engaged at various levels.
  4. More schools implementing food & agriculture education.
  5. Greater equity in farm to school activity.
  6. MFTS is healthy and sustained.
Training and Technical Assistance

Training and Technical Assistance

We offer free workshops, advice, resources, and tools to help you integrate local food initiatives into your cafeteria, classroom, or community.

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Consulting

We also offer individualized services for schools looking for in-depth support in planning, implementing, or evaluating a farm to school program

Consulting Services

Supporters

Massachusetts Farm to School benefits from the generous support of a number of key public and private foundation funders as well as individual donors.

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    Massachusetts Farm to School is fiscally sponsored by Third Sector New England, Inc. (TSNE).


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    Massachusetts Farm to School (fiscally sponsored by Third Sector New England, Inc. (TSNE))
    PO Box 213
    Beverly, MA 01915

    Phone: (413) 253-3844

    Email: info@massfarmtoschool.org