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APPENDICES143Appendix 6Ideas for Further ExplorationThis rough listing of additional outcomes, indicatorsor measures is included to provide researcherssome ideas for further exploration. These items arenot presented in the prioritized lists included in thisframework. They have emerged through informaland formal engagement by and with authors andcontributors to the framework, or through previousdiscussions regarding farm to school research andevaluation conducted through National Farm toSchool Network or its partners.Public Health• Student preferences for:• Unhealthy foods• Water consumption• Soda consumption• Student snacking behaviors• Measurement of student physical activity andcalories spent during gardening or other relevantfarm to school activity• Changes in student physical activity levels inrelation to participation in farm to school activities• Changes in screen time in relation to participationin gardening or other outdoor activities related tofarm to school• Intergenerational mentoring through increasedparental and community involvement at farm toschool sites• Families exercise with their children at home• Parents/caregivers understand importance ofbuying school lunch• Food producers know about local food system andthe specific needs of school food market• School foodservice staff morale and motivationtoward their school and job improves• Increased workplace satisfaction for teachers,foodservice providers, etc.• Profitable foodservice nutrition programs• Increase in number of staff, staff wage or staffbenefits• Increase in number of fresh-from-scratch mealsprepared• Increase in net profits• Increase in number of full-pay studentsparticipating in all meal programs• Increase in number of adults buying schoollunch• Improved quality of the school and schoolcommunity environment• Visual and sensory aesthetics• Opportunities for visual reinforcement oflearning, consuming vegetables, nurturing livingthings• Health promotional messages in classroom• Visual reinforcement of learning in messaging/posters in cafeteria• Improved school culture and identity• Strong youth-adult and youth-youthrelationships in the schoolCommunity Economic Development• Increase in wages in local/regional food sectors• Increased wages for school nutrition services• Influence of school gardens or farm to schoolactivities on property values• Number of cooperative purchasing agreementsestablished between schools and farmers• Increased variety (diversification) and quantity ofcrops grown by local farmers selling to schoolsNATIONAL FARM TO SCHOOL NETWORK