Garden to Cafeteria Toolkit

Children planting seedlings in garden with wire fencing, working together outdoors on sunny day.

Garden Grant | Young Mens Christian Association Inc. | New Beford, MA

About the Toolkit


Slow Food USA, in partnership with the WFM Foundation, has developed a toolkit to help school district food services safely bring school garden produce onto the lunch line!

The toolkit builds off the successes and safety protocols of four school districts across the United States to provide templates and a step-by-step process to help District Food Services develop their own protocols. It is developed based on the successes of the following school districts:

• Austin Independent School District
• Chicago Public Schools
• Denver Public Schools
• San Diego Unified School District

Download the toolkit for free or purchase a hard copy here. You can also download the sample GTC protocols from each of the above districts.