Farm to Student

Orchard with fresh apples for our students

We proudly work with local farms to offer students seasonal fruits and vegetables as part of their daily meals and proper nutrition.

During the 2024/2025 School Year. Swanson Intermediate, Auburn High School and Auburn Middle School all grew 3 types of lettuce, parsley, dill and basil. The food grown was used in salads, sandwiches, pasta sacue and other recipes. 

Farms used in the 2024/2024 School Year 

Lettuce, Little Leaf Farms (Devens, MA or Pennsylvania)

Vegetables, Pioneer Valley Growers Assoc. (South Deerfield, MA)

Tomatoes, Backyard Farms (Madison, ME)

Vegetables, Joe Czajkowski Farm (Hadley, MA)

Hot Sauce, Craic Sauce (Lowell, MA)

Bakery, One Mighty Mill (Lynn, MA)

Apples, Carlson Orchards (Harvard, MA)

Apples, Breezelands Orchards (Warren, MA)

Pickles, Stretch's Pickles (Worcester, MA)

Seafood, Red's Best (Boston, MA)

Cheese, Smith's Country Cheese (Winchendon, MA)

Maple Syrup, Pure BS Maple Shack (Auburn, MA)

Grains, Maine Grains (Skowhegan, ME)

Beef, Whittier Farms (Sutton, MA)