2018 High Country Local First Farm to School Grants

2018 Application process is closed. 
​Please check back again starting February 2019. 
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​​High Country Local First & Lettuce Learn to offer $1,500 in school garden funding.  For every Local First Rewards Card sold, High Country Local First (HCLF) donates $5 to support local school garden programs in Watauga and Ashe Counties.   Farm-to-school grant awards to total $1,500 will be given to local schools and preschools interested in building or expanding their garden-based education programming. Lettuce Learn (a program of Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture) is helping to manage the 2018 grant program in hopes of assisting schools and teachers with implementation, program sustainability, and professional development.
Funds are for direct support of school garden programs, including but not limited to:
  • Purchase of seeds, plants, supplies, or equipment
  • Stipends for Garden Coordinators
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Garden curriculum
  • Supplies and materials for projects that enhance connections between the school garden and the classroom, cafeteria, waste reduction program, or local farms and farmers.
Congratulations to our 2018 grant recipients!
​Read more about each school and their project below.
P.O. Box 67 | 969 W King Street
 Boone, NC 28607 | 828.386.1537
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