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The Role Of Utah Farmers In Farm To School Programming, John L. Hawley
The Role Of Utah Farmers In Farm To School Programming, John L. Hawley
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This purpose of this study was to describe Utah farmers’ role in farm to school (FTS) programming and their interest in institutional marketing of local foods. The researcher sent a survey to farmers belonging to the Utah Farm Bureau to discover the role they play in FTS in Utah.
Respondents held positive attitudes toward FTS programming and agreed that building relationships with community members and increasing awareness of local food were benefits. They cited a lack of information about schools seeking to purchase local products and restriction of growing seasons as barriers to their participation in FTS. They displayed their …