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Farm Fresh Challenge Resources

Farm Fresh Challenge Resources for Nutrition Directors
TDA has created and curated resources to help you achieve success with your Farm Fresh Challenge goals. Find recipes, activities, social media templates, and more on this page. 
The Success Guide shows you how to reach whichever tier of recognition you wish to achieve. Inside, you’ll find the NEW tracking tool – a one-stop spot for keeping all information necessary for Farm Fresh Challenge attestation, saving you time at the end of the Challenge. 

To access the tracking tool, open the Success Guide in the Adobe Acrobat desktop app. Using the web version of Adobe Acrobat will not let you open the tracker.

 
Need “I Tried Local” stickers and it’s too late to order them? Look no further than the “Be Social” section for printable versions of those and more.
Use some or all of these resources to become a Prime Participant or a Best of the Bunch awardee. For those who have set their eyes on Cream of the Crop, we look forward to sharing resources you’ve created (with your permission) with your peers.

 

Eat Local Resources  Maximize 
Cooking for the Seasons - These recipes help menu planners meet the meal patterns for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). The standardized quantity recipes are written to help you serve healthy, seasonally focused meals that will appeal to children. All of the recipes have been tested up to 25 servings.
Multicultural Recipes for Child Care Centers, Family Day Homes & Adult Daycare Centers Multicultural Recipes for Child Care Centers, Family Day Homes & Adult Daycare Centers - This cookbook contains recipes featuring foods that reflect the cultural diversity of the Lone Star State. Children and adults have tested and approved these delicious and healthy recipes. Look for the Texas icon for foods grown in Texas.
NSLP Top 10 Wins CACFP Meal Appeal & NSLP Meal Appeal - Meal Appeal for both National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) consists of easy-to-use information and resources that provide child nutrition professionals inspiration and tools to create healthy meals that look appealing, taste great, and comply with their respective federal guidelines. The result, more children embracing the 3E’s of Healthy Living – Education, Exercise and Eating Right, and a stronger Texas.



Teach Local Resources
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Educational Activities and Tools
Use these ideas and tools to easily incorporate farm fresh activities and celebrate Texas agriculture in your school or cafeteria.
Farm Fresh Learning Resources - Whether students are in the classroom, have access to a school garden, or are learning at home, these resources have been compiled to support Farm Fresh learning in any environment. This downloadable resource includes hands-on activities, educational videos, learning guides and curricula on Farm Fresh topics like agriculture, cooking and nutrition, and gardening.
NEW! Texas Produce Flash Cards - Use these cards to familiarize students with a variety of fruits and vegetables grown across Texas. Appropriate for grade 6-12 students.
Word Games – Find crossword puzzles, word searches, and scrambled letter puzzles in this printable packet. Use these in conjunction with other resources to find all crossword puzzle answers. Answer key included. Print double sided for best results.
Build Your Own Seasonality Wheel Build Your Own Seasonality Wheel - Use this wheel to discover what Texas grown fruits and vegetables are usually in season each month. Available in English and Spanish.
Ole! Texas Plant Cards Ole! Texas Plant Cards - These cards provide basic care instructions for common fruits, vegetables, and nuts grown in Texas
Harvest of the Month - These materials spotlight fruits and vegetables grown in Texas and are designed to be displayed in a K-12 setting. Visit Squaremeals.org/HarvestoftheMonth for resources for early learners too!
Fruits: This printable packet includes coloring pages featuring fruits grown in Texas.
Vegetables: Find printable coloring pages starring vegetables grown in Texas.
Proteins, Grains, Milk, and Herbs: In this printable packet you will find non-produce Texas foods for your students to color.

Downloadable Videos
Farm to School Month Video Player Head over to the Farm to School Month video player to help students learn more about Texas agriculture and the role of fresh, local food in a healthy and active lifestyle.

Let's Get Growing
Connect kids to Texas Agriculture and introduce them to new foods through garden-based learning. Download TDA’s four-part resource to help you plan, grown, harvest and connect with a sustainable garden.
Plan: provides steps for developing educational gardens that can be sustained through changes in staff and participation.
Grow: highlights current industry research and recommendations for ensuring participants’ safety in the garden.
Harvest: offers a guide to promoting coordination and cooperation to ensure the safe production of fruits and vegetables.
Connect: helps develop communication plans to make families and community members aware of educational garden opportunities.



Be Social Resources
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PR Template PR Template - Use this PR Template to announce your participation in the Farm Fresh Challenge to local media outlets.
FFC Social Media Toolkit Social Media Toolkit - This support packet provides prewritten social media posts and copy/paste images as well as best practices for social media. Use this toolkit to easily achieve the Be Social requirement of the challenge and to share with your school’s commitment to Texas agriculture with your community!
We Serve Local! - Download and print these buttons, stickers, clings, bookmark and banners to show and share your love for local.


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