Fresh Snacks
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The Fresh Snack Program serves a free, whole-food fruit and veggie snack to 2,094 Ithaca Elementary School students, 2-3 days per week, all school year!
 Our snacks are as local and organic as possible.  They help with focus and nutrition in the classroom, and increase fruit and vegetable consumption each school day are served.  Fresh Snacks also introduce students and staff alike to new foods that can become lifelong favorites.
Ordering and Preparation are handled by Headwater Food Hub and GreenStar Co-op. Our many partnerships support the snack itself, as well as education and program assessment.
The program began at Beverly J. Martin Elementary School in 2008, and continues to expand.  Over the years, several dedicated organizations and groups have been a part of the formation, sustainability, and expansion of this program.

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Learn more about the Snack Program & our partners:

Ingredients & Processing

• GreenStar Co-operative & Headwater Food Hub
• Local Farms
• See our Fresh Snack Guidelines

Education

•  Fresh Bites
• Classroom Education

Participating Ithaca City Schools

Beverly J. Martin
Enfield
Caroline
Belle Sherman
Cayuga Heights
Northeast
• School Partners

Thanks to our funders & sponsors!

• The Park Foundation
• United Way of Tompkins County
• Taste of the Nation/Share Our Strength
  
• The Community Foundation of Tompkins County
• ​Tompkins Charitable Gift Fund

• GreenStar Co-op
  
• B&W Supply
  
• CSP Management
• ​Emmy's Organics
• ​Kevin Brew Sales
• ​First Congregational Church in Ithaca
• .. and many individual donors ​