Growing Together: Cultivating Local Food Procurement in Delaware Schools

ABSTRACT

In early 2024 the Delaware Council on Farm and Food Policy connected with the University of Delaware Center for Research
in Education and Social Policy (CRESP) in order to investigate mechanisms to improve the connections between Delaware
grown products and institutions in the state, starting with schools. The effort was in part simulated by SCR 90, which
encourages institutions, agencies, entities, and businesses that operate within Delaware, to purchase Delaware-grown food
and value-added items and to better understand current purchasing levels and need.