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CHAPTER 04: PRIORITY OUTCOMES, INDICATORS AND MEASURES71Table 21Policy Outcome: Education policy and programs support farm to school activitiesIndicator 1: Education agencies allocate resources to support farm to school programmingMeasure 1.1: State legislatures provide funding to create farm to school positions, programs, grants or other resources tosupport farm to school activitiesIndicator 2: Teachers, child care educators, foodservice workers, students and producers are trained in farm to schooleducation and gardening activitiesMeasure 2.1: Increase in professional development programs for teachers, foodservice workers and growers that includefarm to school curriculum, project-based and hands-on learning activities, procurement requirements andprocedures, food safety requirements, budgeting best practices and innovations, safe growing standards,socio-cultural aspects of food and gardening educationMeasure 2.2: State education departments and school district policies encourage professional development byproviding funding or technical assistance for programs in state agricultural departments for producers andprocessorsIndicator 3: Teachers, child care educators, school administrators, nutrition service directors, foodservice workers andproducers have resources they need to implement farm to school activities as a collaborative teamMeasure 3.1: School district policies support school gardens and hands-on learning approachesMeasure 3.2: Farm to school activities aligned to Common Core or state adopted standards are readily available forteachers as they are updatedMeasure 3.3: School district policies, teacher/foodservice worker union contracts and early child educationorganizations provide adequate time for planning farm to school activities, such as through planningperiods or other preparation timeMeasure 3.4: Increase in number of training and technical assistance opportunities available for incorporating farm toschool strategies into the buying, preparing, serving and recycling of school foodRecommended program element(s) needed for this outcome: procurement, food-based education and/or school gardening.NATIONAL FARM TO SCHOOL NETWORK