Editor’s Choice: Farm Fresh R.I. to host farm-to-school gathering

Cassius Shuman

02/28/2020

FARM TO SCHOOL: Farm Fresh Rhode Island’s AmeriCorps VISTA members Rose Serra, right, and Liesl Miller, left, assist Chartwell’s executive chef Steven Dafonseca and his assistant at Pocasset Elementary School in Tiverton, as they serve a harvest lunch made with locally sourced ingredients, including apples from Steere Orchard in Smithfield. / COURTESY FARM FRESH RHODE ISLAND

EDITOR’S CHOICE Farm Fresh R.I. to host farm-to-school gathering FARM FRESH RHODE ISLAND is bringing together local farmers and K-12 food service organizations to help reinvigorate “farm-to-school” efforts across cafeterias statewide. Food service professionals from Aramark, Chartwells and Sodexo, representing school districts across the state, will gather with representatives from Rhode Island farms that are

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