NJ Dept. of Agriculture Announces Schools Offering Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program for 2019-20 School Year – South Jersey Observer

As part of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture’s continuing efforts to improve nutritional opportunities for school children, New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher recently announced that 157 New Jersey schools are participating in the 2019-2020 school year’s Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP).

The United States Department of Agriculture has allocated $4,466,443 to New Jersey for this school year’s Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, to provide fresh produce to more than 79,000 students in 14 counties during the school day. The students also will receive nutrition education.

The goal of the program is to introduce children to healthy foods, increase their fruit and vegetable consumption, and encourage improved lifelong dietary habits.

“The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program creates a great amount of enthusiasm for students to try new offerings to further develop healthy eating habits that will benefit them long into the future,” Secretary Fisher said.

Additional funds will be allocated to schools for connecting their FFVP with the Farm to School Program. The schools must provide Jersey Fresh produce a minimum of two days each month from September to November and from April to June and must verify where the produce was grown. Seventy-nine percent of the 157 schools have agreed to link their FFVP and Farm to School Program.

Some of the criteria used in selecting the schools to participate in FFVP include: Elementary schools with 50 percent or more of their students eligible for free or reduced-price meals; schools that planned to purchase locally grown fruits and vegetables as much as possible; all students having access to the produce offered; and plans to partner with outside organizations to enhance nutrition education.

2019-2020 Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Schools

Atlantic County

• Brighton Avenue School, Atlantic City
• Chelsea Heights School, Atlantic City
• New York Avenue School, Atlantic City
• Pennsylvania Avenue School, Atlantic City
• Richmond Avenue School, Atlantic City
• Sovereign Avenue School, Atlantic City
• Texas Avenue School, Atlantic City
• Uptown Complex School, Atlantic City
• Venice Park School, Atlantic City
• Leeds Avenue School, Pleasantville
• North Main Street School, Pleasantville
• South Main Street School, Pleasantville
• Washington Avenue School, Pleasantville

Camden County

• Cramer Hill Mastery School, Camden
• Dr. Henry H. Davis Family School, Camden
• H.B. Wilson Family School, Camden
• Mastery McGraw Charter School, Camden
• Mastery Molina Charter School Lower, Camden
• Riletta Twyne Cream Family School, Camden
• Wiggins College Prep School, Camden
• Camden’s Pride Charter School, Camden’s Promise
• KATZ Dalsey Charter School-Rosedale, Camden’s Promise
• Holy Name School, Camden
• KIPP Lanning Square Primary School, Camden
• Lindenwold School #4, Lindenwold
• St Joseph’s Pro Cathederal School, Camden

Cape May County

• Glenwood Avenue Annex School,Wildwood
• Glenwood Avenue Elementary School, Wildwood

Cumberland County

• Broad Street School, Bridgeton
• Buckshutem Road School, Bridgeton
• Cherry Street School, Bridgeton
• Foster Early Childhood Center, Bridgeton
• Indian Avenue School, Bridgeton
• Quarter Mile Lane School, Bridgeton
• West Avenue School, Bridgeton
• Haleyville-Mauricetown School, Commercial Township
• R.M. Bacon School, Millville
• Silver Run School, Millville
• Thunderbolt Academy, Millville
• Dallago Early Childhood Center, Vineland
• Gloria M. Sabater School, Vineland

Essex County

• Benjamin Banneker Academy, East Orange
• Cicely L. Tyson Elementary School, East Orange
• Ecole Toussaint Louverture School, East Orange
• Edward T. Bowser Elementary School, East Orange
• Gordon Parks Academy, East Orange
• Garfield Jackson Academy, East Orange
• Langston Hughes Elementary School, East Orange
• Mildred Barry Garvin School, East Orange
• Dionne Warwick Institute, East Orange
• Wahlstrom Early Childhood Academy, East Orange
• Whitney Houston Academy, East Orange
• Essex Junior Academy, Essex Regional Services
• Florence Avenue School, Irvington
• Grove Street School, Irvington
• Mt. Vernon Avenue School, Irvington
• Madrasatu Ahlis Sunnah School, East Orange
• Maria L. Varisco Rogers Charter School, Newark
• Marion P. Thomas Charter Performing Arts & Culinary Academy, Newark
• Marion P. Thomas Charter STEAM Academy, Newark
• Elliott Street School, Newark
• Hawkins Street School, Newark
• Rafael Hernandez School, Newark
• South Street School, Newark
• Sussex Avenue Renew School, Newark
• Newark Educators Community Charter School, Newark
• Our Lady Help Christians School, East Orange
• Life Academy Charter School, Newark
• Seek Academy Charter School, Newark
• Spark Academy Charter School, Newark
• Thrive Academy Charter School, Newark

Hudson County

• Dr. Lena Edwards Academic Charter School, Jersey City
• Hamilton School, Harrison
• Gladys Cannon Nunery Public School #29, Jersey City
• Joseph Brensinger Public School #17, Jersey City
• Thomas A. Edison School, Union City
• Public School #1, West New York
• Public School #3, West New York
• Public School #4, West New York
• Public School #5, West New York
• Public School #6, West New York

Mercer County

• Greenwood Elementary School, Hamilton
• Columbus School, Trenton
• Franklin Elementary School, Trenton
• Grant Elementary School, Trenton
• Gregory Elementary School, Trenton
• Harrison Elementary School, Trenton
• Martin Luther King School, Trenton
• Monument Elementary School, Trenton
• Mott Elementary School, Trenton
• Parker Elementary School, Trenton
• Washington Elementary School, Trenton

Middlesex County

• Nathan Hale School, Carteret
• Anthony V. Ceres School, Perth Amboy
• Edward J. Patten School, Perth Amboy
• Ignacio Cruz Early Childhood Center, Perth Amboy
• Richardson Elementary School, Perth Amboy
• Robert J. Wilentz School, Perth Amboy
• School #7 Early Childhood Center, Perth Amboy

Monmouth County

• Barack Obama Elementary School, Asbury Park
• Bradley Elementary School, Asbury Park
• Amerigo A. Anastasia School, Long Branch
• George L. Catrambone School, Long Branch
• Gregory School, Long Branch
• Lenna W. Conrow School, Long Branch
• Morris Avenue School, Long Branch
• Red Bank Primary School, Red Bank

Morris County

• Academy Street Elementary School, Dover
• North Dover Elementary School, Dover
• Ocean County
• Clifton Avenue Grade School, Lakewood
• Lakewood Early Childhood Center 2, Lakewood
• Oak Street School, Lakewood
• Piner Elementary School, Lakewood
• Spruce Street School, Lakewood
• Hugh J. Boyd, Jr. Elementary School, Seaside Heights

Passaic County

• Daniel F. Ryan School #19, Passaic
• Etta Gero School #9, Passaic
• Grant School #7, Passaic
• Gifted & Talented Academy School #20 , Passaic
• Pulaski School #8, Passaic
• School #10 Annex, Passaic
• School #9 Annex, Passaic
• School #5, Passaic
• School #5 Annex, Passaic
• Passaic Arts & Science Charter Elementary School, Passaic
• Passaic Arts & Science Charter Grades 4-8 School, Passaic
• Paterson Charter School for Science & Technology K-1 Campus, Paterson
• Paterson Arts & Science Charter School, Paterson
• Public School # 2, Paterson
• Public School # 3, Paterson
• Public School # 5, Paterson
• Public School # 8, Paterson
• Charles J. Riley School # 9, Paterson
• Public School # 15, Paterson
• Public School # 16, Paterson
• Public Academy for Urban Leadership #17, Paterson
• Public School #19, Paterson
• Public School #24, Paterson
• Martin Luther King School #30, Paterson
• Philips Academy Charter School, Paterson

Salem County

• Field Street School, Penns Grove-Carney’s Point
• John Fenwick Academy, Salem City
• Salem Middle School, Salem City

Union County

• Benjamin Franklin School #15, Elizabeth
• Charles J. Hudson School #25, Elizabeth
• Christopher Columbus School #13, Elizabeth
• Toussaint L’Ouverture De Lafayette School #6, Elizabeth
• School #9 & #1, Elizabeth
• Dr. Martin Luther King School #52, Elizabeth
• John Marshall School #20, Elizabeth
• Juan Pablo Duarte School #28, Elizabeth
• Nicholas Murray Butler Annex School #23A, Elizabeth
• Nicholas Murray Butler School #23, Elizabeth
• Nicholas S. LaCorte School #3, Elizabeth
• Charles Stillman Elementary School, Plainfield
• Harrison Elementary School, Roselle

Find the New Jersey Department of Agriculture of Facebook at www.facebook.com/NJDeptofAgriculture and www.facebook.com/JerseyFreshOfficial or Twitter @NJDA and @JerseyFreshNJDA.

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