Resources

School Garden Food Safety Tips

The resources on this page are school garden and produce food safety tips

The Great Garden Detective Adventure

This resource contains a gardening nutrition curriculum for grades 3 and 4

University of Arizona School Garden Workshop

The UA Community and School Garden Program connects students in public schools with Tucson’s 4,000-year agricultural legacy by planting, maintaining, and engaging in school gardens

Producer Workbook: Bringing the Farm to School: Agricultural Producers Toolkit

This resource contains a workbook with tools and guidance to help agricultural producers explore and prepare for selling to school markets.

Kids Gardening: Helping Young Minds Grow

KidsGardening supports educators and caregivers bring benefits of gardening to kids through grants, resources, and community inspiration t0o get more kids in the garden

Teaching in Nature's Classroom: Principles of Garden Based Education

This resource is an opportunity for educators new to outdoor and garden-based learning, as well as educators who are experiencedin the field, to consider best practices and reflect on their own teaching practice inoutdoor learning environments, with a focus on schooland community youth gardens.

ADHS School Garden Program

The School Garden Program provides a customizable Food Safety Plan template, guidance documents anf assisstance writing policies and procedures

Sustainability via Active Garden Education (SAGE)

SAGE is a free, garden-based physical activity and nutrition program for early care and education centers that meet Arizona education and national standards.

AgPlan - Agritourism Planner

AgPlan is a free business planning tool that helps rural businesses develop a business plan by providing tips, resources, templates, and sample plans

Changing the Way We Feed Our Kids

Whole Kids is dedicated to improving children’s health and wellness through their nutrition. Whole Kids is a project of Whole Foods Market Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit

The Edible Schoolyard Project

The Edible Schoolyard Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the transformation of public education by using organic school gardens, kitchens, and cafeterias to teach both academic subjects and the values of nourishment, stewardship, and community.

National Farm to School Network

Home Grown Farm grows fresh, local produce using regenerative practices that nourish the land, feed communities, and inspire connection.

Life Lab

Life Lab cultivates children's love of learning, nourishing food, and nature through garden-based education.

Wisconsin Wellness: Putting Policy into Practice

This resource is designed to assist districts with developing a comprehensive wellness policy

Food Corps Lesson Plans

This resource contains a gardening nutrition curriculum for grades K5

Whole Farm/Micro Farm Agent List for 2024 Crop Year

This resource lists 1,135 crop insurance agents, in all 50 states, who have experience selling Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) and Micro Farm policies.

Harvest of the Season Posters

This resource contains a collection of season-specific harvest posters featuring Arizona-grown fruits and vegetables, designed to promote in-season produce consumption and support local agriculture.

The Wonder of the Universe Starts with a Seed

Green Our Planet teaches students to love and care for our planet through comprehensive STEM school garden and hydroponics programs throughout the United States.

Buy Local, Buy Safely Checklist

The following six topic tables describe Guiding Principles and supporting Best Practices that growers may use to improve the safety of their produce.

Tool: Advocating Local Policy Change

This resource contains guidance in forming policies, laying groundwork and building awareness for policy change

Is E-Commerce Right for my Farm?

The Small Farm Tech Hub at CAFF created this quiz and accompanying resource to help guide small farms in making a strategic decision on adopting e-commerce or online sales.

Small and Mid Size Farmers Resources

This page provides small and midsize producers valuable resources and program information and other educational resources.

Educational Resources

This resource contains tools from NAITC which supports state-level Agriculture in the Classroom programs by providing a network that seeks to improve agricultural literacy among preK-12 teachers and students.

Growing Food Changes Lives

Big Green has spent the last 12 years helping people grow their own food — with garden-based education, scalable, modular garden products and systems, and a community of support and collaboration

Procuring Local Foods

The resources on this page will help Child Nutrition Program (CNP) operators buy local foods.

Blue Watermelon

A group of chefs, restaurateurs, and community advocates working with students, educators, and the community to assist in rethinking food.

AZ Planting Calendars

This resource includes files outlining recommended planting dates for fruits and vegetables in Maricopa, Yuma, and Yavapai Counties

The Sonoran Desert School Gardener's Almanac

The Sonoran Desert School Gardener's Almanac is designed to connect teachers and learners to the Sonoran Desert, its food systems, and communities.

Grant Opportunities from Western SARE

This resource outlines multiple grant programs that support sustainable agriculture through producer-led research, professional development, and local demonstration projects.

Bringing the Farm to School: Facilitator Resources

This resource contains facilitator tools designed to support the delivery of the "Bringing the Farm to School" curriculum for local producer trainings.

Cooking Matters: Community Resources

This resource contains a handbook of practical advice on how to turn the principles expressed in Slow Food’s education manifesto and policy into reality.

Tool: USDA Fact Sheet - Using DoD Fresh to Purchase Local Produce

The Department of Defense Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (DoD Fresh) allows schools to use their USDA Foods entitlement dollars to buy fresh produce

Tool: Funding Farm to School

This resource contains guidance for finding funding to build expand or plan your farm to school initiative.

USDA Certified Organic: Understanding the Basics

This resource is a toolkit toolkit of consumer-focused, educational resources to highlight the unique value of the organic label, designed for retailers to use in stores and online to educate consumers on what the organic label means and how USDA protects the label.

Arizona Climate-Smart Practices Program

Arizona Climate-Smart Practices Program is a pilot program designed to encourage growers in Arizona to adopt climate-smart agriculture and forestry practices

Team Nutrition Garden Resources

Team Nutrition has several resources to connect nutrition education to school and child care gardens, local farms, and farmers markets.

Native Seed Search

NSS has stewarded the seeds of the desert Southwest and Mexico since 1983.

Selling Local Foods to Schools

The resources on this page will help farmers and administrators to sell and purchase local foods.