PBS’s Food Forward Follows Caroline Stover in Transforming School Food in Warrenton, NC

When Caroline first came to Warrenton, NC, she saw a town surrounded by farms… but she saw that none of that farm-fresh produce was in schools. Watch on PBS’s Food Forward as  Caroline gets locally-grown cabbage into schools—and gets kids to eat it!

Directed by Greg Roden

“All public school kids have access to free or reduced-price lunch. But affordability doesn’t necessarily mean it’s good for them. Detroit’s renegade lunch lady is not only serving kids healthy food, she’s got them growing it, too. Houston schools are joining a national movement with “seed to plate” classroom cooking and a new generation of service members is connecting farmers and schools.“

Food Forward is a PBS series talking a look at the Americans transforming our food system. In this episode, we get a glimpse of school food landscape changing for the better around the country. The episode starts in Warrenton, NC where former FoodCorps Service Member (and now FoodCorps fellow) Caroline Stover is connecting kids to real food. When Caroline first came to Warrenton, she saw a town surrounded by farms… but she saw that none of that farm-fresh produce was in schools. Watch as Caroline gets locally-grown cabbage into schools—and gets kids to eat it!