CN farm to school grant

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded Perry Central Community School, a public school district in Leopold, Indiana, $286,351 under the Farm to School Grant Program (CFDA 10.575) on May 1, 2026, for a 24-month period through June 30, 2028.

The award funds farm-to-school initiatives including local food procurement, school garden development, agricultural curriculum integration, and infrastructure improvements to accommodate local ingredients. The Implementation grant track supports schools or school districts in scaling or further developing existing farm to school programs to improve access to local foods in the USDA Food and Nutrition Service Child Nutrition programs.

Perry Central Community School is a recipient of six distinct federal agencies' awards, with the Department of Education dominating both award count and transaction volume. The school operates as both a prime recipient of project grants and a sub-recipient of pass-through allocations from the Indiana Department of Education, which typically distributes funding monthly during the school fiscal year for K-12 operations. A separate sub-award flows through the Indiana Department of Workforce Development for Registered Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship programs as of July 2026. The school district has received combined federal obligations of $20.1 million across all sources since 2006, with annual activity averaging between 6 and 13 awards from 2022 through 2026.