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30 CHAPTER 04: PRIORITY OUTCOMES, INDICATORS AND MEASURESTable 3: A Guide for Describing Farm to School ActivitiesFarm to SchoolCore ElementProcurement(of local and regionalfood products)Recommended Activities and DescriptionsVariety and amount of local and sustainably produced products purchased (fruits,vegetables, meats, seafood or poultry, plant-based proteins, fluid milk, baked goods,grains/flour, herbs, eggs)Ways in which local foods and their producers are promoted to whom and how oftenTotal dollar amount and percentage of school food budget spent on locally grown andprocessed foodsFood preparation strategies used to increase local foods availability, accessibility orappealServing strategies used to increase line of site and reach of healthy local foodsNumber of local and regional producers/processors from where product is purchasedWays procuring local foods is connected to garden and/or educational activities in theschool, home and communityNumber of students with access to local productsGardening(school-based gardens)The number and type of participants including students, parents, staff and communitymembers (for students, include grades and ages)The number of times and duration participants engaged in various types of gardeningactivities of planting, tending, harvesting, preparing and consuming and over what timeperiodCurriculum used in the garden, which content area(s) and standards it aligns with, if anyKinds and types of educational activities (i.e. taking measurements for math, projectbasedlearning or other) used with participantsTypes, frequency and duration of garden activity engaged with the school cafeteria,farmers, food processors, community and the broader communityWays gardening activities are connected to procuring local foods in the cafeteria and/oreducational activities in the school, home and communityEducation(food and farm related)The number and type of participants including students, parents, staff (for students,include grades and ages)Subjects, grade levels, number of classes where farm to school activities and ifcurriculum is aligned to core content standardsWays educational activities are connected to procuring local foods in the cafeteria and /or gardening activities in the school, home and communityEVALUATION FOR TRANSFORMATION