Farm to Child Producer Survey
Colorado school districts and Early Care and Education (ECE) providers are large and stable buyers for Colorado grown, raised, and processed products. In the 2019-20 school year, Colorado school districts spent $117 million on food, while ECE providers received $22.5 million on meals served through the Child and Adult Care Food Program. State agency staff want to make it easier for school districts, charters, schools, ECEs and local producers to connect to increase local procurement.
 
Below are incentive and technical assistance programs that are currently available to strengthen farm to child programming across Colorado.

LoProCo: Nourish Colorado will host Local Procurement Colorado workshops for the Southeast region in a three part series. These workshops will: Facilitate relationships between producers, distributors, manufacturers, schools districts, ECEs, and other institutional buyers; Offer hands-on activities facilitated by Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, CO Dept of Ag, CSU Extension, and CO Dept of Public Health & Environment.

Local Food Purchasing Program: Colorado HB-1132 passed in 2019, establishing the program. This pilot grant program: Offers selected school districts a reimbursement for the purchase of Colorado grown, raised, or processed products (funds total $500,000); Allows for $150,000 in funds for technical assistance to producers and school districts.

USDA Farm to Child grants: The CO Dept of Education and the CO Dept of Public Health & Environment child nutrition program offices are providing sub-grants to school districts and ECEs to begin or expand farm to school programming at their institutions.

View this resource from the USDA on how producers can sell to schools and ECEs: https://fns-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/f2s/SellingLocal.pdf

Please reach out to Krista Garand (garand_k@cde.state.co.us) with any questions. Thank you for your time, your responses to this survey are incredibly valuable.
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Farm/business name *
Primary contact name *
Primary contact email
Primary contact phone number
Preferred communication method
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Farm/business website (if applicable)
Do you currently sell your product directly to schools and/or Early Care and Education providers in Colorado? *
Are you interested in selling your product directly to schools and/or ECEs in Colorado? *
Do you currently sell your product to a food distributor or food hub? *
If you do sell to a food distributor or food hub, please list which one(s) you sell to
If you answered 'no' or 'unsure' to the previous question, please explain why you would not be interested in selling your product to schools and/or ECEs.
Answer yes below if you are interested in selling to schools and/or ECEs and would like to receive more information about this opportunity. Answer no if you do not want to sell your product to schools and/or ECEs. *
Which product(s) would you sell to schools and/or ECEs? (select all that apply)
Can you transport your product to schools and/or ECEs?
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Do you have a minimum order volume or dollar amount? Please explain.
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Which geographic region do you distribute to? (select all that apply) (https://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeedserv/rgmapage)
If you answered "other" above, or have additional notes about the geographic region you distribute to - please add that here.
Can you provide any product processing?
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What are your on-farm food safety procedures? (select all that apply)
Does your business meet the definition of a Socially Disadvantaged Farmer? (A Socially Disadvantaged Farmer or Rancher is a farmer or rancher who is a member of a Socially Disadvantaged Group. A Socially Disadvantaged Group is a group whose members have been subject to discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and, where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or a part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program.)
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Does your business meet the definition of a Small Business? (A small business is generally defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)as a business that is: a for profit-businesses of any legal structure; independently owned and operated, not nationally dominant in its field, and physically located and operated in the U.S. or its territories)
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Are any of your products grown, raised, or processed outside of the state of Colorado? If so, please specify the city/town and state. These products may still qualify as local purchases for Colorado schools. 
Is there anything else you would like us to know? (E.g. can host on farm field trips, etc.)
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