The Importance of Farm to School, Buying Local and a Shipping Container Farm in Groton, CT

Welcome to Farm to School Northeast, a podcast where we explore the creative ways that local food is getting into school cafeterias and how food system education is playing out in classrooms and school gardens across the northeast. Today we have an opportunity to sit down with Ernie Koschmieder, the Food Service Director for Groton Public Schools in Groton, Connecticut to talk about the positive impacts of farm to school on students and families, and we're going to learn about an exciting shipping container Farm Grant from Connecticut Department of Agriculture and how the Container Farm will be used to increase food access for Groton Public School students.Hear from:Ernie Koschmieder, Food Service Director, Groton Public Schools, CT.