Farm to School

EUSD began their farm to school program in 2013.

Farm Lab supplies fresh, organic produce for daily salad bars and scratch made lunch items at all nine school sites.  

Farm Lab grows the  paste tomatoes and herbs that are featured in the central kitchen's scratch made pizza and pasta sauces, and their freshly harvested lettuce, carrots and other seasonal veggies appear on school salad bars year round. Roasted broccoli? Sweet corn? Baked potatoes? Farm Lab provides the produce for several delicious side dishes, too!

In addition to regenerative organic veggies, the farm also provides the school lunch program with vine and orchard fruit. Watermelons, cantaloupe, apples, peaches, plums, strawberry guavas, and apriums. Mandarins and strawberries are coming soon!

EUSD's nationally recognized farm to school program earned an innovation award from the Center for Ecoliteracy in 2019, and was highlighted in a webinar on transforming food systems hosted by the Green Schools National Network in 2020.