MADISON COUNTY, Ala. — Students at schools throughout Madison County are enjoying more locally-grown food through a new partnership with North Alabama farmers.
The Farm Food Collaborative, a project of the Food Bank of North Alabama, officially kicked off its partnership with the three local school districts on Thursday. The collaborative is North Alabama's first local food hub designed to help family farms sell their produce to schools, workplace cafeterias, distributors, restaurants and grocery stores.
On Thursday, school district officials and members of the media were invited to Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary in Huntsville and Mill Creek Elementary School in Madison to eat with students, who saw sweet potatoes from Haynes & Sons Farms in Cullman added to their plates at lunch.