The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) is a federally assisted program providing free fresh fruits and vegetables to students in participating elementary schools during the school day at times other than breakfast, lunch, or after-school snacks. Administered at the state level by Child Nutrition & Food Distribution programs – the same agency that administers the National School Lunch Program – the FFVP began in 2004. Legislation in 2008 expanded the program to schools not previously authorized to participate in the program.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service has very defined criteria for schools eligible for this program. Section 19 of the National School Lunch Act (NSLA) requires that schools with the highest free and reduced-price enrollment be given priority for participation. This is the key selection criterion, which ensures that the program benefits low-income children. This criterion cannot be waived to give all schools in the state an equal chance to participate in the program. The FFVP, as directed under Section 19 of the NSLA as well as some specific FFVP Guidelines, is geared toward elementary schools with the highest proportion of free and reduced-price enrollment, especially those at 50 percent and higher. The total enrollment of all schools selected in the state must result in a per-student allocation of $50 to $75. A total of $2,746,968 has been allocated to 194 schools so far for the 2022-2023 school year, providing fresh fruit and vegetable snacks to 49,053 students.
The FFVP aims to improve children’s overall diet and create healthier eating habits to impact their present and future health. The FFVP will help schools create healthier school environments by providing healthier food choices, expanding the variety of fruits and vegetables children experience, and increasing children’s fruit and vegetable consumption. The program runs from October 1 to September 30 each year. Applications to participate in the program must be completed yearly.
APPLICATIONS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR.
DEADLINE: JUNE 2, 2023
Please seek information and application from dpicnfd@nd.gov.
2022 -2023 FFVP Awarded Schools
Sponsor | Site |
Alexander Public School District 2 | Alexander Public School |
Anamoose School District 14 | Anamoose Public School |
Ashley School District 9 | Ashley Public School |
Bakker School District 10 | Bakker Elementary School |
Barnes Co North School Dist | Barnes County North School District |
Beach Public School District #3 | Lincoln Elementary School |
Belcourt School District #7 | Tiny Turtles Preschool |
Belcourt School District #7 | Turtle Mt Comm Elementary |
Belcourt School District #7 | Turtle Mt Middle School |
Bismarck Public Schools | Dorothy Moses Elementary School |
Bismarck Public Schools | Jeannette Myhre Elementary School |
Bismarck Public Schools | Northridge Elementary School |
Bismarck Public Schools | Pioneer Elementary School |
Bismarck Public Schools | Robert Place Miller School |
Bismarck Public Schools | Roosevelt Elementary School |
Bismarck Public Schools | Will Moore Elementary School |
Bottineau Public School District #1 | Bottineau Elementary School |
Bowbells Public School District 14 | Bowbells Public School |
Burke Central School | Burke Central Public School |
Carrington Public Schools | Carrington Elementary School |
Circle of Nations | Wahpeton Indian School |
Dakota Prairie Public School | Dakota Prairie Elementary School |
Devils Lake Public School District | Central Middle School |
Devils Lake Public School District | Minnie H Elementary School |
Devils Lake Public School District | Prairie View Elementary School |
Devils Lake Public School District | Sweetwater Elementary School |
Divide Co School District | Divide County Elementary School |
Drayton School District 19 | Drayton Public School |
Dunseith Day Elementary School | Dunseith Day Elementary School |
Dunseith Public School District #1 | Dunseith Elementary School |
Edgeley Public School District 3 | Edgeley Public School |
Eight Mile Public School | Eight Mile Public School |
Elgin/New Leipzig School District 49 | Elgin/New Leipzig School @ Elgin |
Ellendale Public School | Ellendale Public School |
Enderlin Area 24 | Enderlin Area |
Fairmount School District 18 | Fairmount Public School |
Fargo Public Schools | Ben Franklin Jr High School |
Fargo Public Schools | Bennett Elementary School |
Fargo Public Schools | Carl Ben Eielson Middle School |
Fargo Public Schools | Centennial Elementary School |
Fargo Public Schools | Clara Barton Elementary School |
Fargo Public Schools | Discovery Middle School |
Fargo Public Schools | Eagles Elementary |
Fargo Public Schools | Ed Clapp Elementary School |
Fargo Public Schools | Hawthorne Elementary School |
Fargo Public Schools | Horace Mann Elementary School |
Fargo Public Schools | Jefferson Elementary School |
Fargo Public Schools | Kennedy Elementary School |
Fargo Public Schools | Lewis & Clark Elementary School |
Fargo Public Schools | Lincoln Elementary School |
Fargo Public Schools | Longfellow Elementary School |
Fargo Public Schools | Madison Elementary School |
Fargo Public Schools | McKinley Elementary School |
Fargo Public Schools | Roosevelt Elementary School |
Fargo Public Schools | Washington Elementary School |
Fessenden-Bowdon School District | Fessenden-Bowdon Public School |
Flasher Public School | Flasher Public School |
Fordville-Lankin Public School District | Fordville-Lankin Public School |
Fort Yates Public School | Fort Yates Public School |
Four Winds School District 30 | Four Winds Elementary School |
Gackle-Streeter Public School | Gackle - Streeter Public School |
Garrison School Board | Bob Callies Elementary School |
Glen Ullin Public School | Glen Ullin Public School |
Grafton Public Schools | Century Elementary School |
Grafton Public Schools | Grafton Junior High School |
Grenora Public School | Grenora Public School |
Griggs County School District #18 | Griggs County School District #18 |
Hankinson School District #8 | Hankinson Public School |
Hatton Eielson Public School | Hatton Eielson Public School |
Hazelton-Moffit School | Hazelton-Mof-Brad Public School |
Hebron Public School District 13 | Hebron Public School |
Hettinger School District 13 | Hettinger Public School |
Hillsboro Public School | Hillsboro Elementary School |
Jamestown Public School | Lincoln Elementary School |
Jamestown Public School | Louis Lamour Elementary School |
Jamestown Public School | Roosevelt Elementary School |
Jamestown Public School | Washington Elementary School |
Jamestown Public School | WM S Gussner Elementary School |
Kenmare Public School District | Kenmare Elementary School |
Kensal Public School | Kensal Public School |
Kidder County School District | Steele School -Kidder Co |
Kulm School District 7 | Kulm Public School |
Lakota School District 66 | Lakota Elementary School |
LaMoure Public School | LaMoure Public School |
Lewis & Clark School District | North Shore Plaza Public School |
Lidgerwood Public School | Lidgerwood Public School |
Lisbon School District 19 | Lisbon Elementary School |
Litchville-Marion Public School | Litchville Public School |
Lone Tree - Golva | Golva Elementary School |
Maple Valley Public School | MAPLE Valley Public School |
Mapleton Public School | Mapleton Elementary School |
Max School District 50 | Max Public School |
McClusky Public School | McClusky Elementary School |
McKenzie County School District #1 | Badlands Elementary |
McKenzie County School District #1 | Fox Hills Elementary |
McKenzie County School District #1 | Watford City Middle School |
Medina Public School | Medina Public School |
Midkota Consortium School District | Midkota Elementary School |
Midway Public School | Midway Public School |
Milnor Public School | Milnor Public School |
Minnewaukan School District 5 | Minnewaukan Public School |
Minot Public Schools | Bell Elementary |
Minot Public Schools | Dakota Elementary School |
Minot Public Schools | Edison Elementary School |
Minot Public Schools | John Hoeven Elementary |
Minot Public Schools | Lewis & Clark Elementary School |
Minot Public Schools | Longfellow Elementary School |
Minot Public Schools | McKinley Elementary School |
Minot Public Schools | Roosevelt Elementary School |
Minot Public Schools | Sunnyside Elementary School |
Minot Public Schools | Washington Elementary School |
Minto Public School District | Minto Public School |
MLS School District 1 | Mohall School |
Montpelier Public School | Montpelier Public School |
Mott-Regent School District | Mott Public School |
Mt Pleasant School District #4 | Mt. Pleasant Public School |
New England Public School | New England Public School |
New Rockford/Sheyenne School District | New Rockford/Sheyenne School |
New Salem-Almont School District 49 | Prairie View Elementary School |
New Town Public School | Edwin Loe Elementary School |
New Town Public School | New Town High School |
Newburg United School District 54 | Newburg School |
North Border School District 100 | Pembina Public School |
North Border School District 100 | Walhalla School |
North Star Public School | North Star Public School |
Oakes Public School | Oakes Elementary School |
Oberon Public School | Oberon Public School |
Ojibwa Indian School | Ojibwa Indian School |
Park River Area School District 8 | Park River Area School District 8 |
Parshall Public School | Parshall Elementary School |
Pingree-Buchanan Public School | Pingree Buchanan Elementary School |
Pride Manchester House | Manchester House |
Richardton-Taylor School District | Richardton Public School |
Richardton-Taylor School District | Taylor Elementary School |
Richland School District #44 | Richland Elementary School |
Rolette Public School | Rolette Public School |
Roosevelt Public School | Roosevelt Public School |
Rugby Public School District 5 | Rugby Elementary School |
Sawyer Public School District 16 | Sawyer Public School |
Selfridge Public School | Selfridge Public School |
South Prairie School District 70 | South Prairie Public School |
St Ann's Catholic School | St. Anns Catholic Indian School |
St Joseph School & CC-Mandan | St Joseph Elementary School |
St Joseph's School - Williston | St Josephs Elementary School |
Standing Rock School | Standing Rock Elementary School |
Sterling School Board | Sterling Elementary School |
Strasburg Public School | Strasburg Public School |
TGU School District 60 | Granville Public School |
TGU School District 60 | Towner Public School |
Twin Buttes School | Twin Buttes Elementary School |
United Tribes Tech College | Theodore Jamerson Elem School |
Valley City School District 2 | Jefferson Elementary School |
Valley City School District 2 | Valley City High School |
Valley City School District 2 | Washington Elementary School |
Valley-Edinburg School District | Valley Edinburg Elementary-Crystal |
Valley-Edinburg School District | Valley Edinburg Elementary-Hoople |
Velva Public School | Velva Public School |
Wahpeton Public School District | Wahpeton Elementary School |
Wahpeton Public School District | Wahpeton Middle School |
Wahpeton Public School District | Zimmerman Elementary School |
Warwick School District 29 | Warwick Public School |
West Fargo Public School | Aurora Elementary School |
West Fargo Public School | Brooks Harbor Elementary |
West Fargo Public School | Cheney Middle School |
West Fargo Public School | Deer Creek Elementary |
West Fargo Public School | Eastwood Elementary School |
West Fargo Public School | Freedom Elementary School |
West Fargo Public School | Harwood Elementary School |
West Fargo Public School | Heritage Middle School |
West Fargo Public School | Horace Elementary School |
West Fargo Public School | Independence Elementary |
West Fargo Public School | L E Berger Elementary School |
West Fargo Public School | Legacy Elementary |
West Fargo Public School | Liberty Middle School |
West Fargo Public School | Osgood Elementary |
West Fargo Public School | South Elementary School |
West Fargo Public School | Westside Elementary School |
West Fargo Public School | Willow Park Elementary |
Westhope Public School | Westhope Public School |
Williston Basin Public | Bakken Elementary School |
Williston Basin Public | Garden Valley Elementary |
Williston Basin Public | Hagan Elementary School |
Williston Basin Public | Innovation Academy |
Williston Basin Public | Lewis & Clark Elementary School |
Williston Basin Public | McVay Elementary School |
Williston Basin Public | Missouri Ridge |
Williston Basin Public | Rickard Elementary School |
Williston Basin Public | Round Prairie Elementary |
Williston Basin Public | Wilkinson Elementary School |
Williston Basin Public | Williston Middle School |
Wing Public School | Wing Public School |
Wishek Public School | Wishek Public School |
Wyndmere Public School | Wyndmere Public School |
Yellowstone School District 14 | East Fairview Elementary School |