Farm to School Mentee Application

Are you a Colorado farmer or rancher or are you a school food services director who is interested in farm to school but unsure how to do it? For producers, selling to schools is a great way to ensure a consistent level of sales and predictability about what to grow/raise. For schools, buying from local producers guarantees you are offering the freshest, most nutritious school meals.

But farm to school is tricky to start - both for producers and for schools. To "grow the growers" selling to Colorado schools, a Farm to School (FTS) Producer Mentoring program has been established. This peer-to-peer program will match seasoned FTS producers or school food services with producers or schools interested in developing a farm to school relationship (the mentees). Mentors will provide 20 hours of guidance during the winter/spring of 2017 to ready you for a successful farm to school program in the 2017/18 school year.

This program is FREE* and available to any Colorado agricultural producer/rancher or school food services that is working with a new Colorado producer/rancher. Fill out this short application if you would like to be matched with a mentor.

If you have any questions, please contact Lyn Kathlene, lead staff to the Colorado Farm to School Task Force, at Lyn@SparkPolicy.com.

* The program is funded through a USDA FTS 2016 grant.

Full Name*

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E-mail*

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Area CodePhone Number

Address

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Name of Farm/Ranch or School District*

County of Farm/Ranch or School District*

Website of Farm/Ranch or School District (if available)

What do you grow/raise?

What are your current markets (check all that apply):

Have you ever sold to schools?

NoYes, but not recentlyYes, but very limited sales

Have you ever sold to direct to any institutions? (e.g., hospitals, colleges, etc.)

NoYes, but not recentlyYes, but very limited sales

Anything else you would like to share or ask us?

Have you ever bought directly from Colorado producers? (exclude fluid milk)

NoYes, but not recentlyYes, but very limited procurement

Have you ever requested "locally grown" from your food vendors?

NoYes, but not recentlyYes, but very limited procurement

Anything else you would like to share or ask us?

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Farm to School Mentee Application

Tell us who you are...

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FARMERS/RANCHERS: Tell us about your operation

SCHOOLS: Tell us about your farm to school experience...

Thank you for applying to be a farm to school mentee. You will be contacted shortly.