Flat Rock Middle School is one of the five middle schools of Fayette County Public School System. Flat Rock Middle School partners with Farm to School by serving locally grown foods in school meals and incorporating menu items from the school gardens. As part of the program, they cook them for taste testing in the classrooms. Participants will tour a fully operational teaching garden and its surrounding community forest. Hydroponics and aquaponics are also utilized.

Capacity: 25

https://www.fcboe.org/Domain/14

Holly Springs Elementary School is one of Cherokee County School District’s four Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) academies. Participants will tour the facility and school garden. The lead garden teacher and the School Nutrition Culinary Specialist will share details regarding their Farm to School partnership. During the tour of the facility, participants will have a student led tour of the story walk, garden, and outdoor classroom. The lead garden teacher will discuss composting and the use of school garden produce in the school meals. The School Nutrition Culinary Specialist will share about the district level farm to school program and partnerships, including Heritage month and Harvest of the Month recipes.

Capacity: 25

https://hses.cherokeek12.netflat

Metro Atlanta Urban Farm is a certified naturally grown farm and community-driven organization that provides training, education and support services for youth, adults and seniors interested in transforming their lives and communities through agriculture. Participants will tour the farm, learn about innovative agricultural production and preparation for cool weather planting. They will also observe chickens, bees, hoop houses and aquaponics. Participants will participate in a Farm to Table taste test.

Capacity: 50

https://themetroatlantaurbanfarm.org

The Common Market is a nonprofit regional food distributor on a mission to connect urban communities with local food from sustainable family farms. Participants will tour The Common Market facility and learn how they assist schools, after school programs, summer feeding programs, and childcare centers to procure local foods for their meal programs. Participants will meet and greet farmers and have a taste test with Small Bites Adventure Club.

Capacity: 50

https://www.thecommonmarket.org

Hand, Heart and Soul Project, Inc. is a FY 21 F2S Grantee that has helped four early care and education (ECE) sites that provide Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) meals, in Clayton County, GA, to establish Farm to ECE programs and increase agriculture education by offering curriculum, supplies, and technical assistance.  Through the grant they established and/or enhanced farm to ECE programs by building gardens on their campuses, training staff about gardening, and incorporating agriculture education in their preschool curriculum. Grantees would see the range of a garden to mature farm as part of the child-care site campus, and the positive impact they have in the community’s access to healthy food.

Capacity: unlimited