The Crawford County Farm to School project was formed in 2008 by a group of teachers, parents, and food service staff to provide healthy food choices for children in Crawford County by increasing the amount of healthy, local foods used in school meal and snack programs.   Programs are currently underway at three sites in Crawford County including the Wauzeka and Seneca K-12 schools, Bluffview Middle School, and BA Kennedy School in Prairie du Chien where roughly half of the students are on free/reduced lunch. The program inspires young people to embrace fresh fruits and vegetables by engaging them in the process of growing food and providing opportunities for them to taste foods that they might not otherwise through school gardens, classroom tastings, fresh healthy snack programs, and farmer visits.  The Farm to School Program was supported in 2009 by two part-time Americorps volunteers.  Goals for 2010 include growing the number of school gardens through out the county, continuing classroom education around “harvest of the month” food themes, publishing monthly newsletters for parents, growing a fresh snack program at the Prairie du Chien district, and expanding local foods on lunch menus.

This program is supported by many of the same farmers providing foods for the BRAVE Ride Harvest Dinner!