Affiliation:
1. Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Colorado State University Fort Collins Colorado USA
2. Economic Research Service Washington District of Columbia USA
Abstract
AbstractThe number of US school food authority's (SFA) implementing Farm to School Programming (FTSP) is growing. Little is known about potential spillover effects of school children's exposure to FTSP on household food purchases. We measure the relationship between school age children's exposure to FTSP and household‐level Food‐At‐Home fruits and vegetables (FV) expenditures and expenditure shares. Combining Farm to School Census data on SFAs' FTSP participation with household‐level scanner data, we estimate positive relationships between FV expenditures and different measures of children's exposure to FTSPs, especially for metro households. However, the magnitude of these relationships is likely too small to be meaningful.
Funder
National Institute of Food and Agriculture