Farm to School Month

October is Farm to School Month, which recognizes the partnership between Missouri farmers and the schools that serve local products on their school menu.

Missouri Crunch Off

The Missouri Crunch Off is a statewide event to celebrate Farm to School Month and the wonderful produce Missouri has to offer by crunching into any Missouri grown food anytime between Oct. 1-31.

States throughout the USDA’s Mountain Plains Region (CO, MT, MO, KS, NE, ND, SD, WY) compete to see which state can get the most “crunches” into a local foods per capita.

Use this toolkit to learn how to create a Crunch team and how to plan, promote and celebrate your Crunch event:
Missouri Crunch Off Toolkit (PDF)

Register! After your event remember to register your Crunch Off for it to be counted!
Register your Crunch Off event

The Mountain Plains Region had a collective 444,379 crunches in Oct. 2023! See how Missouri fared in the friendly competition last year:
2023 Crunch Off Statistics (PDF)