Article
Hourly Employees’ Perceptions about Farm to School Program Barriers and Keys to Success: Differences by State and Number of Meals Served
The Journal of Foodservice Management & Education
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Abstract
Farm to school (FTS) programs are growing in popularity among school districts and provide opportuniƟes for school nutriƟon programs to source ingredients locally. Hourly employees working with FTS programs prepare, promote, and serve local produce to students daily. However, liƩle research has focused on their percepƟons of FTS programs. A quesƟonnaire was used to assess barriers and keys to success when implemenƟng and maintaining FTS programs from perspecƟves of hourly, non‐management school foodservice employees. An examinaƟon of survey responses suggests differences exist between barriers and keys to success by geographic locaƟon and school nutriƟon program parƟcipaƟon rates.
Copyright Owner
The Journal of Foodservice Management & Education
Copyright Date
2015
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Nathan Stokes, Susan W. Arendt and Catherine H Strohbehn. "Hourly Employees’ Perceptions about Farm to School Program Barriers and Keys to Success: Differences by State and Number of Meals Served" The Journal of Foodservice Management & Education Vol. 9 Iss. 1 (2015) p. 1 - 11 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/susan_arendt/53/
This article is published as Stokes , N., Arendt, S., and Strohbehn, C. Hourly employees’ perceptions about farm to school program barriers and keys to success: Differences by state and lunch participation rates. Journal of Foodservice Management and Education, 9(1), 1-11. Posted with permission.