We covered how to start a farm to school program on page 30 of the Chinook Book, reprinted here:
Create a locally-sourced organic lunch program to bring farm fresh organic foods into your school lunchroom. The Ecotrust Farm to School Program has basic information to get you started. If you use bag lunches from home make them waste free — a typical disposable lunch, with items like single-serve yogurt, Ziploc bags, and juice boxes, can create roughly one to two pounds of trash per week. See wastefreelunches.org for tips and lunch box options.

From the Ecotrust Food & Farms Action Alert:

Latest Farm to School Bill in Oregon PASSES (Unanimously!)

Great news! Last week the Oregon Legislature unanimously passed HB 3601A—a bill designed to create a full time Farm to School position within the Oregon Department of Education.

As names were called, the floor resonated with the sound of "ay, ay, ay" signaling strong bipartisan support for healthy Oregon school children and a healthy Oregon farm economy.

About the bill, Representative Tina Kotek said, "The bipartisan support for the bill was overwhelming. We should all be very pleased with the unanimous votes in the House and Senate. This bill is a win for kids, schools and Oregon agriculture."

As Representative Nancy Nathanson commented, "It just makes sense!"

We couldn’t agree more. Thank you so much for your phone calls, emails, letters and your enthusiasm for this piece of legislation. Please know that they made all the difference.

And a special thanks too to the Oregon Legislature for its leadership on this issue.

What you can do
Please write your legislator and say thank you for supporting farm-to-school and school gardens and voting in favor of HB 3601A. To find your legislator, click here.