Farm to School Purchasing Grant is sponsored by Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) and Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI). Grants to expand local food procurement and farm-to-school programs. Nonprofits can partner with school districts, child care centers, and summer meal program operators that sponsor USDA child nutrition programs.

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WSDA received a total of 129 applications with funding requests totaling $6,969,324, almost double the amount of available funds. Read the press release for more information. In the 2021-2023 biennium budget, the Washington state legislature allocated $5 million in ongoing funding to expand WSDA's Farm to School program, including a new grant program.

Begun in 2021, WSDA Farm to School Purchasing Grants are intended to support schools and early learning services in procuring high quality, nutritious, culturally relevant foods for their meal programs. The program emphasizes procurement from small and direct marketing farms and food businesses, including socially disadvantaged, beginning, limited resource, women and veteran farmers and ranchers.

Since 2021, WSDA has granted over $12 million in Farm to School Purchasing Grants across 368 awards over five (5) funding cycles. Grants reach districts in every corner of the state and support purchases of more than 170 unique local foods from more than 360 individual farms and food businesses.

To learn more about the impacts past grantees have made on Washington children, farmers and local food systems, explore our two infographics: Year 2: September 2022 - June 2023 Year 1: January-August 2022 Grant Impacts: 2022-2023 Annual Report This infographic shows the impacts Farm to School Purchasing Grants made on Washington children, farmers and local food systems during the 2022-2023 school year.

Since 2021, WSDA has awarded over $8. 5 million in Farm to School Purchasing Grants. This total represents 268 grant awards across four (4) funding cycles.

Click the button below for information about past grant awards. Are you a farmer interested in selling to schools? Check out our resources for getting started and contact school districts that have extra funds to spend on Washington grown foods.

Photo: Casa Cano Farms in Valleyford, WA. For more information on Frequently Asked Questions, see or FAQs page. To see information about our last two grant rounds and their impact on children, farmers and local food systems, see our Awarded Grants page.

If you are a producer interested in selling to grant beneficiaries, please see our For Producers page. Washington State Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Building For assistance during business hours,