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Four Area Schools Awarded Funds to Serve Local Meals through Feed Our Future Local Menu Takeovers Coming Next School Year!

April 2022 GCRFPC Newsletter, including letter from new Director, Maddie Chera, events, jobs, and stories!

Read about our community partnerships in the newest Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge Highlights Report by the APHA!

The GCRFPC was recently featured in the OH Dept. of Ag's OH Farm to School Monthly Newsletter in the southwest regional spotlight edition.

Kristine Cahall-Dosch recently joined the Greater Cincinnati Regional Food Policy Council as Farm to School Coordinator, as a contractor.

Our Director spoke with an interdisciplinary group at UC's Center for Public Engagement with Science's Research and Discussion Group.

School Garden Tour for March Green Drinks a Hit! Our Ag Ed Curriculum Coordinator Cynthia and Partners Draw Big Crowd

Mona Jenkins and other co-founders and supporters recently held a launch party to kick-off fundraising for the Queen Mother's Market Coop.

Join us for a special IN PERSON, masked-up Full Council Meeting this month. Our current Director, Michaela Oldfield, is leaving GU.

This year we have an opportunity for you to learn more and be inspired. Read about it and other announcements in our February newsletter.

CSA Week: Improve your health | Eat more tasty food | Invest in a hard working family | Strengthen your community | Save our environment

Welcome 2022! The new year brings an opportunity for reflection as well as some exciting opportunities for growth and change to the GCRFPC.

Read our new 2021 Impact Report, which overviews our four current workstreams and highlights key outcomes and actions you can take!

Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) and its Farm to School partners have been able to mitigate supply chain gaps and keep students fed.

CPS's Nutrition Program was able to feed 35,500 children every day, even during the pandemic. And they bought local food, too!

Learn more about what the GCRFPC and partners accomplished and learned in Year 1 of our USDA RFSP grant.

In the News: "A New Data Tool Could Help Local Organizations Tackle Food Insecurity" Madeline Ottilie | WCPO

Through the Specialty Crop Block Grant, we are getting more locally produced specialty crops into schools. Read more: Year 1 Report.

The Farm to School Project Management Team of the Food Policy Council recently shared: What's your favorite thing about winter?

Happy Holidays! Buy some of our coffee with La Terza. And join us for Green Umbrella's 2021 Annual Meeting, online Dec. 14, 4-5pm.