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Review of Farm to School Evaluation Literature►►►►gram in high esteem and wanted to nurture it for its potential benefits. Becausethe program’s values were in line with their own values, these farmers werecommitted to making the program work. And even though the farm to schoolmarketing was not yet contributing much to their business profits, it appears tobe contributing indirectly through the synergy it creates among farmers, schoolpersonnel, parents, children and other community members. 89Th e CSA-CA program generated $33,513 in revenues for the participating farmduring the 2002-03 pilot year. Th is amount was modest, though not insignificantfor the farm, and helped established connections for future programmingat schools. 52As a result of SFP-NY efforts, Champlain Valley secured a $4.2 million, threeyearcontract to provide New York-grown, processed and packed apple slices toNew York City schools. 81In an effort to replace Department of Defense-supplied baby carrots in schoolswith locally grown and processed products, SFP-NY supported local farmers intesting the New York State grown Sugar Snack variety and are working towardsgrowing, processing and packing these in the state of New York. 81Th e number of farms from which BTV-VT purchased product increased fromthree in 2005 to five in 2006. The successful integration of foods from local farmsin the school cafeterias is attributed to relationship development between farmersand the Burlington school district, ability to use high school cafeterias tolightly process raw foods, and availability and willingness of the school administrationto incorporate local foods. The Burlington school district contractedwith and paid farmers up front for produce and the farmers planted vegetablesspecifically designated for the schools. 1450 Bearing Fruit: Farm to School Evaluation Resources and Recommendations