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Regional Lead Agencies

Regional Lead Agencies in eight regions of the country have been established to lead farm to school efforts in the states that comprise the regions. See below for a list of regions, and contact information for the Regional Lead Agencies.

Read more about the National Farm to School Network Planning project (2005-06)

West West
Michelle Markesteyn Ratcliffe
Ecotrust
721 NW, Ninth Ave. Ste. 200
Portland, OR 97209
(503)476-6080

southwest Southwest
Le Adams
Farm to Table
Southwest Marketing Network
3900 Paseo del Sol
Santa Fe, NM 87507
(505)473-1004

Midwest Midwest
Anita Poole
Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture Inc.
P.O. Box 588
Poteau, OK 74953
(918)647-9123

northeast Northeast
Dana Hudson
Vermont FEED
1611 Harbor Road
Shelburne, VT 05482
(802) 985-0381

Amy Winston
Lincoln Co. Economic Development Office
Focus on Agriculture in Rural Maine Schools (FARMS)
Coastal Enterprises Inc.
P.O. Box 268, 35 Water St.
Wiscasset, ME 04578
(207)882-7564

mid-atlantic Mid-Atlantic
Tegan Hagy
The Food Trust
One Penn Center, 1617 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 900
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215)575-0444

South South
Glyen Holmes
New North Florida Cooperative Association, Inc.
3806 Union Road
Marianna, FL 32446
(850)352-2400

Great Lakes
Sara Tedeschi
Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
University of Wisconsin, Madison
1535 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1215
(608)513-3980

Southeast Southeast
Emily Jackson
Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project
729 Haywood Rd. Ste. 3
Asheville, NC 28806
(828)236-1280



Click below to learn what is happening in different regions of the country!

west west southwest midwest greatlakes south southeast midatlantic northeast Map of Farm to School Lead Agencies by Region

  
States with operational Programs: 40
Farm to School Programs in the U.S. (estimated)* 2,016
Farm to School Programs profiled on this site 141
Number of schools involved 8,776
Number of school districts involved 2,039
Program profiles added this month: 6
* estimated by the National Farm to School program, Center for Food & Justice, Occidental College. All other statistics based on information posted on this site.