Celebrate Arizona Agriculture with the Farm Fresh Challenge!
Thank you for participating in the Arizona Department of Education, Health and Nutrition Services' Farm Fresh Challenge! School Food Authorities (SFAs) and Sponsors all over the state are invited to join in the 2020-2021 Farm Fresh Challenge starting in October 2020 through April 2021. We look forward to celebrating with you!
To participate in the challenge, simply do the following in the month registered:
Taste Arizona: Serve a minimum of three locally sourced NSLP/SSO/SFSP meal components (e.g., grain, dairy, fresh fruits or vegetables, eggs, or meat) during the month of your Challenge registration to encourage your community to eat Arizona grown, fresh and healthy food.
Teach Arizona. Host a minimum of two educational activities during the month of your Challenge registration. Educational activities that educate children where local sourced foods comes can include: taste testing local products; virtual or in-person field trips to local farms or farmers markets; inviting a farmer to virtual or in-person lunch, pen-pal programs with farmers, reading an Arizona agriculture-based book, garden-based learning activities online or in-person; or educational lessons focused on Arizona foods and agriculture. Tip: Use ADE's Harvest of the Season resources or leverage one of the community partners listed in the Farm Fresh Challenge toolkit to help you administer a quick lesson about foods served in your challenge program.
Connect Arizona: Share a minimum of one social media post on Facebook, Instagram or post to your website about your Farm Fresh Challenge Celebration(s) using the Hashtag #AZf2S #FarmFreshAZ. Use this marketing tool to invite your community to dine with you or to celebrate your challenge program afterward.
ADE will recognize all NSLP/SSO/SFSP Sponsors and SFAs that complete the challenge and submit the post-challenge survey. This post-survey will collect information about details of the local NSLP/SSO/SFSP meal components served, dollars spent on local meal components, and details about educational opportunities that were provided.
Every site that participates will be recognized from the Arizona Department of Education by the close of May 2021. Three registrants will be selected to receive the Top Performance Award, showcasing high-level performance in this challenge program.
If you would like additional resources about getting started on Celebrating Farm Fresh Challenge, please visit http://www.azed.gov/hns/azf2s/ or email us at ArizonaFarmtoSchool@azed.gov.