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AcknowledgementsWe extend our gratitude to many who helped this report come to fruition. This publicationwould not be possible without the contributions of farm to school practitionersand evaluators from across the country. Moira Beery, Vanessa Zajfen, Debra Eschmeyer,Mark Vallianatos, Amanda Shaffer and Bob Gottlieb from the Center for Food & Justice,UEPI, Occidental College provided feedback and edited earlier versions of this publication.Gail Feenstra and Jeri Ohmart from the Sustainable Agriculture Research andEducation Program, University of California, Davis provided input toward the developmentof this resource, and we are thankful for their guidance. Amanda Shaffer and BenNyberg designed the layout for the publication, making the information more accessibleto readers.Funding for this project came from the following sources:(a) Community Food Projects Program of the USDA Cooperative State Research,Education and Extension Service, grant number 2004-33800-25065 “National Farm toSchool Training and Technical Assistance Project.”(b) The W.K. Kellogg Foundation via grants P3000982 and P3004209 supporting theplanning and establishment of a National Farm to School Network.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements....................................................................2Executive Summary.....................................................................5I. Introduction to Farm to School Evaluation............................9Planning for Program Evaluation....................................9II. Resources and Tools for MeasuringFarm to School Impact .............................................................13Common Tools and Methods for Use inFarm to School Evaluations...............................................14III. Review of Farm to School Evaluation Literature................23Feasibility Analysis for Farm to School Projects.........25Student Impacts....................................................................29Teacher Impacts....................................................................38Policy Impacts........................................................................39Food Service Impacts..........................................................42Farmer Impacts......................................................................49Parent Impacts.......................................................................51Community Impacts............................................................52IV. Conclusion and Recommendations.....................................53Endnotes..................................................................................56V. Appendices............................................................................61Program Profiles....................................................................61Sample Tools and Resources.............................................85
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