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102 CHAPTER 05: CONCLUSION AND NEXT STEPSPolicy Level Cont.SectorEducationPriorityOutcomeIndicator(s)Education policy and programs support farm to school activities1: Education agenciesallocate resources tosupport farm to schoolprogramming2: Teachers, child care educators,foodservice workers, students andproducers are trained in farm toschool education and gardeningactivities3: Teachers, child care educators,school administrators, nutritionservice directors, foodserviceworkers and producershave resources they need toimplement farm to schoolactivities as a collaborative teamMeasures1.1 State legislaturesprovide funding tocreate farm to schoolpositions, programs,grants or otherresources to supportfarm to school activities2.1 Increase in professional developmentprograms for teachers, foodserviceworkers and growers that include farmto school curriculum, project-basedand hands-on learning activities,procurement requirements andprocedures, food safety requirements,budgeting best practices andinnovations, safe growing standards,socio-cultural aspects of food andgardening education3.1 School district policies supportschool gardens and hands-onlearning approaches2.2 State education departments andschool district policies encourageprofessional development byproviding funding or technicalassistance for programs in stateagricultural departments for producersand processors3.2 Farm to school activitiesaligned to Common Core orstate-adopted standards arereadily available for teachers asthey are updated3.3 School district policies,teacher/foodservice workerunion contracts and earlychild education organizationsprovide adequate time forplanning farm to schoolactivities, such as throughplanning periods or otherpreparation time3.4 Increase in number of trainingand technical assistanceopportunities available forincorporating farm to schoolstrategies into the buying,preparing, serving andrecycling of school foodEVALUATION FOR TRANSFORMATION