According to the USDA Economic Research Service, in 2001, there were six farm to school programs. By 2004, the number of farm to school programs had grown to 400, and by 2009, there were almost 2,100 documented programs (Martinez et al., 2010). In large part because of the growth in farm to school, in October of 2011, Representative Rush Holt of New Jersey introduced and the United States House of Representatives passed House Resolution 1655 formerly establishing October as National Farm to School Month (National Farm to School Network, 2011).