Garden to Cafeteria

Denver Public Schools' Food and Nutrition Services strives to “provide healthy food and nutrition education so all students will have the opportunity for success” in the classroom, in their daily lives and to set  the foundation for healthy lifestyles as they grow and mature. 

The Garden to Cafeteria program is a unique opportunity for DPS students to grow fresh fruits and vegetables in their school gardens with the aim of supplying some of their harvest to the school cafeterias to be used at lunch service. The first season of the Garden to Cafeteria program occurred during Fall 2010 with 14 school gardens participating. If you are a community gardener at a Denver Urban Gardens school-based community garden, and you are interested in participating in this program, please contact us!

To learn more about this program, please visit Slow Food Denver, or see the Denver School Garden Coalition Operating Manual. 

Garden To Cafeteria and Youth Farmers' Market Workshop
Tuesday, February 10th, 9:00am - 4:00pm, Adams County Fairgrounds
Join Slow Food Denver and Denver Urban Gardens as we share our best practices in establishing and conducting Garden to Cafeteria and Youth Farmers' Markets programs.  Both of these programs provide educational and fundraising opportunities for the school garden. Click here to view the full agenda for this workshop. Click here to register.  

Also see:

About Youth Education
School Garden and Nutrition Curriculum
Youth Farmers' Markets
Helping Kids Get Healthy Workshop Series
Connecting Generations
Denver School Garden Coalition