By: Alicia Holloway

Alicia Holloway is a Farm to College Contractor with the Neighborhood Collaborations workforce at Georgia Organics. 

October is Farm to College month, and supporters of those packages all through the USA advocate and promote Farm to College and Farm to Early Care and Training (ECE) actions throughout this time. Farm to College and ECE packages result in many constructive outcomes for teenagers and farmers. Will increase in college students’ willingness to attempt vegetables and fruit and elevated income for native farmers are two key examples of the impression of college diet in nourishing communities.

There’s a lot to have fun! 

Georgia Organics has organized a statewide marketing campaign in honor of October Farm to College Month for over ten years. The campaigns encourage college students of all ages to find out about, eat, and develop a particular produce merchandise. Upon signing up, members get free entry to an digital toolkit full of veggie-themed classes, actions, recipes, sources, and extra! This yr’s theme was “Pepper Palooza,” however not too long ago, we now have celebrated “Spinach to Win It,” “Livin’ la Vida Okra,” and “Oh my Squash.” Take a look at all of the free sources from earlier campaigns right here.  

This yr’s pepper marketing campaign was a scorching success! 

Collaborating communities estimated that their Farm to College Month actions concerned over one million college students! As a contract employee on the Neighborhood Collaboration workforce, I’ve seen first-hand the unimaginable work faculties and ECE facilities are doing across the state. Highschool college students mentored elementary college students by main pepper-themed studying actions, cafeterias served college garden-grown peppers, and dozens of courses cooked and taste-tested pepper recipes. I’ve seen movies of scholars singing songs that they wrote about peppers, telling pepper jokes, laughing, smiling, and genuinely having fun with studying about rising their very own produce!