The Gainesville and Hall County school systems, as well as several other systems in northeast Georgia, were recognized recently at this year's Golden Radish Awards for Farm to School Innovation.
The awards publicly recognize Georgia school districts for best practices in farm to school programs, such as local food procurement, exposing students to new foods through taste tests and incorporating cooking and gardening activities in curriculum.
There are 84 school systems being recognized this year. Here is the list:
Platinum
Baldwin County School District
Barrow County School System
Bartow County School System
Bleckley County School District
Burke County Public School System
Carrollton City Schools
Cherokee County School District
Clarke County School District
Dade County Schools
Effingham County Schools
Elbert County School District
Fannin County School System
Fulton County Schools
Gainesville City School System
Henry County Schools
Jackson County Schools
Laurens County Schools
Paulding County School District
Sumter County Schools
Tift County Schools
Valdosta City Schools
Warren County Public Schools
Gold
Atlanta Public Schools
City Schools of Decatur
Clayton County Public Schools
Cobb County School District
Coweta County School System
DeKalb County School District
Dougherty County School System
Fayette County Public Schools
Floyd County Schools
Gwinnett County Public Schools
Hart County Charter System
Marietta City Schools
Morgan County Charter School System
Newton County Schools
Rockdale County Public Schools
Savannah-Chatham County Public School System
Treutlen County Schools
Trion City Schools
Wayne County School System
Silver
Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School
Brantley County School System
Carroll County Schools
Columbia County School District
Douglas County School System
Forsyth County Schools
Lee County School System
Lowndes County School District
Lumpkin County School System
Madison County School District
Muscogee County School District
Polk School District
Toombs County Schools
Bronze
Bibb County School District
Buford City Schools
Butts County School System
Calhoun City School System
Coffee County School System
Dalton Public Schools
Dawson County School System
Dublin City Schools
Emanuel County School System
Glascock County School System
Glynn County School System
Habersham County Schools
Hall County Schools
Harris County School District
Irwin County School System
Johnson County Schools
Lincoln County School District
Pickens County Schools
Richmond County School System
Stephens County School System
Wilkinson County Board of Education
Honorary
Dooly County School System
Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice
Grady County Schools
Griffin-Spalding County School System
Scintilla Charter Academy
DODEA Americus Southeast District
Union County Schools
Ware County School District
Wilcox County Schools
