School Lunch Program Promotes Healthy Eating

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Bistro Kids Farm 2 School Lunch Program partners with local farmers and food producers to provide students with a wide variety of healthy lunch offerings, including free- range meats, hormone-free milk and pesticide-free fruits and vegetables.

The program also offers services that include instituting monthly menus, planting school gardens and offering food education courses.

Bistro Kids Farm 2 School Lunch Program operates in Kansas and Missouri and aims to promote farm-to-school ideals, a concept introduced in 2000 by the national Farm To School Network.

According to the Associated Press, the Bistro Kids program currently only works with private schools but plans to expand to target schools with at-risk populations.