Bibb school nutrition department picks up award

The Bibb County school district was among three districts to be the first honored with a new nutrition program award.

Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary W. Black recently announced Carrollton City Schools, Clarke County Schools and Bibb County Schools as the first recipients of the Georgia Grown System of Distinction Award. This award was established to recognize the nutrition directors and their schools for being the “first to the plate” on developing superior farm to school programs on the state and national level.

Each school system has offered first-rate insight, abundant student involvement and stellar farm to school events that has led to further development of the Georgia Department of Agriculture’s multiple farm to school efforts.

Commissioner Black says these three school systems are on the forefront of the farm to school movement in the state and key to the success of the 20/20 Vision for School Nutrition in Georgia which aims to have at least 20 percent of every meal in every Georgia public school every day to be comprised of Georgia products by the start of the 2020 school year.

This story was originally published May 13, 2016 at 4:25 PM with the headline "Bibb school nutrition department picks up award."