More than 4,500 elementary students in 12 schools across the Klamath County School District crunched locally grown carrots Thursday (Oct. 25) in the district’s seventh annual Crunch at Once event celebrating National Farm to School month. The fresh carrots grown by Farmer Patrick Homa, owner of Red Buttes Farm in the Applegate Valley, were delivered to the district last week as part of its Farm to School program.

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Klamath County School District hosted the first Crunch in October 2018. In past years, students have crunched Oregon-grown apples and Klamath-grown spinach.

This year, the district partnered with OSU Extension, whose volunteers and education specialists talked with students about the carrots. Klamath Grown joined the effort this year, picking up and delivering the carrots for the event.

The Crunch event is just one way Klamath County School District demonstrates its commitment to Farm to School programming, both at the school and district levels. Throughout the year, the district’s Food Services Team supports Farm to School through its procurement and promotion of local foods, pursuit of grant funding opportunities, and support of agriculture education.