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The 2026 Farm to School Garden Leadership Workshops will be held May 26–29 at the Hill Farm Teaching Facility in Baton Rouge. This four-day, hands-on training provides interactive sessions to help educators build, sustain, and integrate school gardens into classroom instruction. Open to Louisiana public and private school teachers, the workshop includes materials and practical strategies to bring school gardens to life. Registration is open now!
Learn more and secure your spot today!
The LSU AgCenter is hosting a Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) Grower Training + Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) Workshop at Docville Farm, 5128 E St Bernard Hwy, Violet, LA, on March 24–25, 2026. This workshop is a great opportunity for farms selling to schools to strengthen their food safety knowledge and practices.
Learn more and register today!
The Bee Buddies Program is a K–12, hands-on, student-led pollination learning experience. Using gentle, region-specific Mason bees, students observe the full pollination cycle right on their own campus while building a deeper connection to their local ecosystem
Applications due March 15, 2026
Nourishing Narratives (A project of Mosaic Film Experience supported by Newman’s Own Foundation) is a film competition that invites students to explore food justice through storytelling, using only their mobile devices. This national competition is a great opportunity for students ages to build critical thinking, creativity, and digital media skills while addressing real-world issues. Young filmmakers ages 13-18 are invited to submit 2-3 minute mobile films on the theme “Better Food Futures” for the chance to win $1,000 and more!
Enter March 6 – April 12, 2026
Salad bars provide students with access to fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and healthy proteins. Schools with salad bars can reduce food and packaging waste, leading to more sustainable food service operations.
The Salad Bars to Schools program provides K-12 schools with equipment and training to successfully implement a salad bar. 2026 grant applications are now open.
Applications are due by March 31.
FTPF and Dreyer's are planting orchards across the country in a collaborative program called "Communities Take Root," and your town could be next! They invite your community to apply for this exciting opportunity to grow fresh fruit, beautify neighborhoods, strengthen relationships and build community food security—all through the simple act of planting fruit trees. FTPF is currently accepting the first 100 qualified applications for the next round of the program, which involves a public online vote to select the final recipients.* FTPF provides all plants, related materials and equipment, community workshops and training, and our team will work with your community volunteers to install the orchard. Recipients must have the appropriate space and commitment to the orchard to qualify. Download the application here and submit via email only. *Schools are not eligible to apply. Please visit the Fruit Tree 101 Grants page for more information about the school orchard program.
Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools is a comprehensive grassroots public health effort to mobilize and engage stakeholders at the local, state and national level to support salad bars in schools. Their vision is to significantly increase salad bars in schools across the country until every child has the choice of healthy fruits and vegetables every day at school. Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools is an initiative of the Food Family Farming Foundation, National Fruit and Vegetable Alliance, United Fresh Produce Association Foundation, and Whole Foods Market to support First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative. The goal of the Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools program is to fund and award 6000 salad bars over the next three years.
