NHFTS Resources
Program Resources
NHFTS Annual Surveys
To assess the impacts of our work, since 2009 online and phone surveys of New Hampshire farmers and food service directors have been conducted asking them about their farm-to-school sales, purchases, needs, interests, and challenges. The surveys not only help guide our work but also give a good overview picture of our successes and opportunities for growth and improvement.In fall 2012 we released a report detailing findings and trends from our 2009, 2010 and 2011 surveys. (Download the full report.) Highlights include:
- List of Schools Participating in NH Farm to School
- List of Distributors Offering NH-Grown and Regional Produce & Dairy Products
- List of Farms selling or interested in selling to schools
- 6 Steps to Get Local Foods Into Your Cafeteria (click here for the pdf version)
- Spring Vegetable Fact Sheets: Asparagus, Rhubarb, Spinach, Lettuce/Salad Greens
- Summer Vegetable Fact Sheets: Cucumbers, Cherry Tomatoes, Corn, Summer Squash
- Fall Fruit & Vegetable Fact Sheets: Apples, Potatoes, Broccoli, Winter Squash
- Winter Vegetable Fact Sheets: Carrots, Parsnips, Beets, Kale
- Posters: Elementary School, Junior High/High School, Why Local?, Food for Thought, NH FTS Logo
- Farm to School Procurement fact sheet
- NH Farm to School Program Brochure
- Field Trip Guide: For teachers/For farmers
- NH Harvest Calendar August 2013-July 2014
- NH Harvest Calendar: a printable calendar of whats generally available every month from NH farms.
- GAP: Good Agricultural Practices and Food from school gardens safety fact sheet
- Why Buy Local/Why Eat Local?
- 101 USDA Procurement Requirements
- 201 USDA Procurement Requirements
- 301 USDA Procurement Requirements
NHFTS Annual Surveys
To assess the impacts of our work, since 2009 online and phone surveys of New Hampshire farmers and food service directors have been conducted asking them about their farm-to-school sales, purchases, needs, interests, and challenges. The surveys not only help guide our work but also give a good overview picture of our successes and opportunities for growth and improvement.In fall 2012 we released a report detailing findings and trends from our 2009, 2010 and 2011 surveys. (Download the full report.) Highlights include:
- More farms are participating in NHFTS, and they want to do even more. Farms involved tripled from 20 in 2009 to 60 in 2011.
- Economic times are tough,but schools are still spending on local foods.
- The diversity of local foods schools purchase is growing.
- Schools are doing more to educate students about local, healthy eating.
- Schools still face challenges to buying and serving local foods.
- Schools need more NHFTS resources, especially workshops.
