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Project Partner Interview (Page 2 of 2)l. What have been the lessons learned to make farm to school integrationsuccessful from the perspectives of the farmers?4. What are examples that demonstrate the success of the implementation of a FoodAction Plan to increased access and use of local and healthy foods by the BurlingtonSchool District?If you work with the Food Councila. How has the Food Council served to meet the goals of the BSFP?5. What are examples that demonstrate that this project has built community capacityto meet the food needs of low-income Burlington school district students?6. What changes have you seen in the overall school culture towards Food Farm &Nutrition?If work you with parents, volunteers, and community membersa. What role have parents, volunteers and community members played inthe success of this project?7. What are unintended outcomes that occurred because of this project? What factorscaused them to occur?III. COLLABORATIVE1. There are many partners and organizations involved in the BSFP. What are lessonsthat you have learned to make this type of multi-stakeholder collaborative work?2. What are effective ways to communicate with partners?3. What are effective ways to keep partners informed about your activities?4. What demonstrates that this partnership has worked effectively together? OR Howhas this partnership worked effectively together?5. What are ways you would recommend improving the partnership?6. What unintended partnerships have developed that have fostered the BSFP? Howhave they assisted in the project?Farm Conclusions to School and Sample RecommendationsTools and ResourcesIV. LESSONS LEARNED AND AREAS TO IMPROVE1. What lessons have you learned from the overall project as factors that have made thisproject successful?2. What are the key components of a successful farm to school model?3. What are ways in which this project may be improved?4. How is the project working to make the program sustainable beyond key people?5. Feel free to share any final thoughts on anything that I have not covered.Th ank you so much for your time and all your hard work and effort for the BSFP.Adapted from “Project Partner Interview Guide” Schmidt M.C., Kolodinsky J, The BurlingtonSchool Food Project, Final Evaluation Report, December 2006, Center for Rural Studies.www.farmtoschool.org 195