Important Dates
- January Grants due: Farm to school & PLANTS
- March 1 Summer Sponsor Application Open
- April 15 CEP Eligibility Data (ISP) captured for previous school year
- May 10 Summer Sponsor Application close
- June 30 Deadline for schools to apply for CEP for next school year
Available Grants
Farm to School
Matching support of at least 25%.
Partnerships for Local Agriculture (PLANTS)
OPI Grant
Grant Application Tips
Meals & Recipes
- Recipes: Lunchbox, Traditional Foods, Breakfast
- How to Standardize Recipes
- Reimbursable Breakfast and Lunch Patterns
- Scaling Recipes Tool
- Crediting Traditional Foods
Mentorship
- Lunchline email listserv
- Email Erin.Turner@mt.gov to join
- OPI: Find your Regional Specialist
- Use this link, scroll to the bottom, and under Quicklinks select “Find Your Regional Specialist”
- Mentorship: Sign Up (mentors and mentees)
- Webinar Wednesdays
- OPI Recordings
Buying Local
- Harvest of the Month Registration
- Montana Marinara Project
- Montana Apples
- Team Nutrition Farm to School
- Jay Stagg – jay.stagg@montana.edu
Food Resources
- SNAP – Federal Program
- Summer EBT – Federal Program
- BackPack – MFBN Program
- School Pantry – MFBN Program
Student Participation: How to Increase
- School Breakfast
- Summer Meals
- School Wellness Policy
- Student Feedback (“Tried it, liked it loved it”)
- CEP Facts and Calculator – Federal Program
