Welcome back students, teachers, staff and administrators, school chefs and food directors. The 2010-2011 School year is under way and the Marin Organic School Lunch and Gleaning Program is excited to continue working with school cafeterias to feed students nutritious, local, organic food while advocating for a healthy, sustainable, and organic county.
Marin County organic farmers, producers, and artisans have been working through-out the summer in fields, kitchens, and markets to supply our communities with the best possible food choices. Whether you're shopping from your local grocer, farm stand, or farmers market or enjoying a meal from home or at a restaurant using local organic products, you can be sure that the food was grown with respect for the soil, the environment, and the local community.
The Marin Organic School Lunch and Gleaning Program is helping to transform the school lunch choices for our kids. Five years ago, Marin Organic saw the potential in creatively connecting local farms to local schools to help our communities thrive. Now this extraordinary program each week enables 10,000 students from more than half of Marin’s schools to eat organic foods grown in Marin, while cultivating a strong connection to place through innovative education for these school children. Please join us in our work.
We are kicking off the school year with some exciting new developments to provide a healthy, empowering, and educational school lunch program. Here's whats to come:
National Gleaning Day, September 20th. You're Invited!
Project Lunch Week: Marin
Chester Densmore
Marin Organic School Lunch and Gleaning Program Associate
