Oregon's annual CRUNCH event will take place on October 17th, 2024!
Join students across the state by crunching on a local apple, carrot or other crunchy produce item for Oregon Farm to School Month.
Check out who's participating below! Don't see your school or district listed? It's not too late to sign up!
Springfield School District
Grants Pass School District
Athena Elementary School
Weston Middle School
Weston McEwen High Schools
Baker Web Academy
Bandon Community Youth Center
Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Treasure Valley
Bridgeport Elementary
Clemens Primary School*
Coburg Community Charter School
Dayton Grade School
Duniway Middle School
Ferndale Elementary School
Giggles & Grace ELC
Head Start of Lane County
Sage Elementary School
Mary Woodward Elementary School
Parkside Community Preschool
La Grande Farmers Market Saturday Market*
Powell Butte Elementary School
Hillside Elementary
Boeckman Creek Primary School*
Bolton Primary School*
Boones Ferry Primary School*
Cedaroak Park Primary School*
Lowrie Primary School*
Stafford Primary School*
Neighborhood House Head Start
Portland Public Schools
Tom McCall
Bethel SD
Armadillo Community Charter School
The Farm at SOU
Ranch House Early Learning
Lake Grove Elementary
University of Oregon Head Start
*Indicates different Crunch date
Hamilton Creek School
Harper School District
Harrison Park Garden
Jackson and Josephine County Headstart Centers
KairosPDX
Klamath County School District-Elementary Schools*
Conger Elementary*
Mills Elementary*
Pelican Elementart*
Roosevelt Elementary*
Lane Child and Family Center
MA Lynch Elementary
McNary Heights Elementary School
Mosier Community School
Newport High School
Warm Springs Early Childhood Education Center
Hood River County School District
Crestview Elementary School
Eddyville Charter School
Newport High School
Newport Middle School
Oceanlake Elementary School
Sam Case Elementary School
Taft Elementary School
Taft High School
Other Oregon Farm to School Month Events
Share your Farm to School celebration!
Whether you decide to participate in the Oregon Farm to School Crunch, or not, we want to support you celebrating Farm to School this October. There are so many ways to celebrate and offer students and community members a way to experience the benefits of Farm to School.
Here are a few ideas:
- Serve a 100% local lunch
- Feature a Harvest of the Month item multiple times all October
- Invite local food producers to lunch at your school or early care center
- Visit a local farm or farmer's market
- Get busy learning and growing in the school garden
- Coordinate a celebration that fits your community
Looking for inspiration? Check out 2023's Farm to School Month lineup (below)!
Farm to School Month Calendar, October 2023
Date: Throughout the Month
Location: Portland, Multnomah
Event: Grow Portland is partnering with 14 local schools to celebrate farm to school month with an abundance of local apples from Hood River! All of their 6,000 students will also be focusing on plant part lessons and eating plenty of fresh fruits and veggies from their gardens.
Date: October 5th
Location: Statewide!
Event: The Oregon Farm to School Crunch!
Date: October 5
Location: Central Point
Event: Farm Field Trip!
Students at Patrick Elementary in Central Point are taking a field trip to Hanley Farm!
Date: October 6, 9-10pm
Location: Virtual
Event: Tracking Oregon Purchases for Child Nutrition Programs
Are you unsure how to track your Oregon purchases for the farm to CNP grant reports? Wondering if there might be an easier way to track local purchases throughout the year so you can report accurately to ODE?
If we want to sustain and grow funding for farm to school in Oregon, we need accurate data to share with legislators that shows the full picture of local purchases.
We know Child Nutrition Programs don't have extra time for tracking so we're here to offer some tried and true methods to simplify keeping track of your local spending. Join us to learn from experienced school nutrition directors and staff about various ways to track Oregon and local purchases for the Farm to CNP grant program and other purchasing programs!
Date: October 17
Location: Willamina, OR
Event: From Apples to Zucchini: What Small Growers Need to Know to Sell to Schools
This October, The Oregon Department of Agriculture, along with partners Carrie Sendak, owner of Mama Tee's Farmstead, and Willamina School District Nutrition Services Director, Lynne Shore, are hosting a workshop series for the Farm to School Program. If you are a small diversified fruit or vegetable grower interested in selling directly to a school in your region you won't want to miss this opportunity.
Date: October 20th
Location: Virtual
Event: Northwest Youth Garden Network (NWYGN) Fall Virtual Gathering
The opportunity for networking, building relationships, and being in community with like minded peers is invaluable. There weren't — and to this day still aren’t — many networks for working with demographic of older youth (ages 14-21), until NWYGN!
Join us to learn about promising high school aged school garden programs from Kim Gaffi (she/her)—co-founder of GRuB—and the Jones Valley Teaching Farm. This webinar includes an open forum Q&A.
Date: October 7th, 2022
Location: Logos Public Charter School, Medford.
Event: Harvest Meal: Pizza Making!
October 7, 2-4pm. Logos Public Charter School will use homemade sauce from their garden tomatoes and herb toppings from around the garden to make personal pizzas for every student! Cooked on BBQ grills 🙂
Host a site visit!
Farm to School month is more than just a celebration, it's a showcase of the groundbreaking farm to school work happening in Oregon. Invite a Legislator or Administrator to the cafeteria, garden or farm!
