Here are previous recipients of the Agricultural Growth, Research, and Innovation (AGRI) Program Farm to School and Early Care First Bite Grant, by fiscal year.

Fiscal Year 2025
School/School District/ECECityType of GranteeFirst Bite Food AwardEquipment AwardTotal Award
Agape Child Development CenterMinneapolisECE

$5,000

$4,750

$9,750

Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley Public Schools, ISD 2888ClintonSchool

$5,000

-

$5,000

East Grand Forks Public Schools, ISD 595East Grand ForksSchool

$5,000

$715

$5,715

Eureka KidsRochesterECE

$2,500

-

$2,500

Great Expectations SchoolGrand MaraisSchool

$5,000

-

$5,000

Hawley Public Schools, ISD 150HawleySchool

$2,500

$3,240

$5,740

Hill City Public Schools, ISD 2Hill CitySchool

$5,000

-

$5,000

Kelliher Public Schools, ISD 36KelliherSchool

$5,000

-

$5,000

Kingsland Public Schools, ISD 2137Spring ValleySchool

$5,000

$12,000

$17,000

Kootasca Community Action (Kootasca Head Start)Grand RapidsECE

$5,000

$1,386.50

$6,386.50

Lakeville Area Schools, ISD 194LakevilleSchool

$5,000

-

$5,000

Los Amiguitos De River HeightsInver Grove HeightsECE

$2,500

-

$2,500

Menahga Public Schools, ISD 821MenahgaSchool

$2,500

-

$2,500

Northfield MontessoriNorthfieldECE

$2,500

-

$2,500

Olu's BeginningsMinneapolisECE

$2,500

$10,310.81

$12,810.81

Ortonville Public Schools, ISD 2903OrtonvilleSchool

$5,000

-

$5,000

St. Michael's SchoolMahnomenSchool

$2,500

-

$2,500

Stillwater Area Public Schools, ISD 834StillwaterSchool

$5,000

-

$5,000

Underwood School District, ISD 550UnderwoodSchool

$2,500

-

$2,500

West Central Minnesota Communities Action (Perham Head Start)Elbow LakeECE

$2,500

-

$2,500

Yinghua AcademyMinneapolisSchool

$5,000

$2,500

$7,500

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Fiscal Year 2024
School/School District/ECECityFirst Bite Food AwardEquipment AwardTotal Award
Amherst H. Wilder FoundationSt. Paul

$5,000

$7,050

$12,050

BOLD FFAOlivia

$2,500

-

$2,500

Dei Spring Academy & Childcare CenterCold Spring

$3,350

-

$3,350

Henning Public SchoolsHenning

$5,000

-

$5,000

Heritage ESTEM Magnet SchoolMendota Heights

$5,000

-

$5,000

Kato Public Charter SchoolMankato

$2,500

-

$2,500

Listos Preschool and ChildcareRochester

$2,500

-

$2,500

Little B's Learning CenterBarnum

$2,500

-

$2,500

Little Cubs Hangout & Bertha-Hewitt HangoutBertha

$2,500

-

$2,500

Metro Learning CenterMinneapolis

$2,500

-

$2,500

Murray County Central SchoolsSlayton

$2,500

-

$2,500

MVAC (Mankato Head Start)Mankato

$5,000

-

$5,000

MVAC (St. Peter Head StartSt. Peter

$2,500

-

$2,500

MVAC (Waseca)Waseca

$3,500

-

$3,500

Parkers Prairie School District (ISD 547)Parkers Prairie

$5,000

$10,310.81

$15,310.81

Reach-Up Inc.St. Cloud

$5,000

-

$5,000

Rothsay Public School (ISD 850)Rothsay

$5,000

-

$5,000

St. Mary's Catholic SchoolSleepy Eye

$5,000

-

$5,000

Stare AcademyBaxter

$2,500

-

$2,500

Step By Step MontessoriBrooklyn Park

$2,500

-

$2,500

Westwood Early Childhood CenterSt. Louis Park

$5,000

-

$5,000

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Fiscal Year 2023
School/School DistrictCityFirst Bite Food AwardEquipment AwardTotal Award
Adrian Public Schools, ISD 511Adrian

$5,000

$14,024

$19,024

Austin Public Schools, ISD 492Austin

$10,000

-

$10,000

Barnesville Public School, ISD 146Barnesville

$10,000

$22,700

$32,700

Benson Public School, ISD 777Benson

$10,000

-

$10,000

Bluffview Montessori, Dist 4001Winona

$9,000

-

$9,000

Burnsville Eagan Savage, ISD 191Burnsville

$10,000

$2,000

$12,000

Cook County, ISD 166Grand Marais

$10,000

-

$10,000

Cornerstone Montessori Elementary SchoolSt Paul

$4,000

-

$4,000

Duluth Public Schools, ISD 0709Duluth

$10,000

-

$10,000

East Range Academy of Technology and ScienceMountain Iron

$10,000

-

$10,000

Fergus Falls Public Schools, ISD 544Fergus Falls

$2,500

$16,573

$19,073

Frazee Vergas Public Schools, ISD 23Frazee

$7,500

-

$7,500

Fridley Public Schools, ISD 14Fridley

$10,000

$35,000

$45,000

Granada Huntley East Chain School, ISD 2536Granada

$10,000

$12,152

$22,152

Hibbing Public Schools, ISD 701Hibbing

$10,000

-

$10,000

Hinckley-Finlayson Public Schools, ISD 2165Hinckley

$10,000

-

$10,000

Holy Rosary SchoolDetroit Lakes

$7,500

$16,849

$24,349

Holy Trinity Catholic SchoolPierz

$10,000

-

$10,000

Intermediate District 287Plymouth

$4,000

-

$4,000

Jordan Public Schools, ISD 717Jordan

$10,000

-

$10,000

Lake of the Woods, ISD 390Baudette

$6,000

-

$6,000

Lake Superior School District, ISD 381Two Harbors

$10,000

$35,000

$45,000

Lanesboro Public Schools, ISD 229Lanesboro

$10,000

$35,000

$45,000

Mankato Area Public Schools, ISD 77Mankato

$10,000

$14,000

$24,000

Minnewaska Area Schools, ISD 2149Glenwood

$10,000

$6,700

$16,700

Moorhead Area Public Schools, ISD 152Moorhead

$5,000

$10,760

$15,760

Mountain Lake Christian SchoolMountain Lake

$5,000

$1,709

$6,709

Nativity of Our Lord SchoolSt. Paul

$10,000

-

$10,000

Nett Lake Public Schools, ISD 707Nett Lake

$5,000

-

$5,000

North Branch Area Public Schools, ISD 138North Branch

$10,000

-

$10,000

Northland Community Schools, ISD 118Remer

$3,500

$13,891

$17,391

Paynesville Public Schools, ISD 741Paynesville

$10,000

-

$10,000

Pelican Rapids Public Schools, ISD 548Pelican Rapids

$10,000

-

$10,000

Pine Island Public Schools; ISD 255Pine Island

$10,000

$18,160

$28,160

Plainview-Elgin-Millville Schools, ISD 2899Plainview

$7,500

$699

$8,199

Red Lake School District, ISD 38Red Lake

$10,000

-

$10,000

Red Rock Central, ISD 2884Lamberton

$10,000

-

$10,000

Richfield Public Schools, ISD 280Richfield

$10,000

-

$10,000

Ridgeway Community School, CSD 4083Houston

$3,000

-

$3,000

Rush City School, ISD 139Rush City

$10,000

-

$10,000

Rushford-Peterson Public Schools, ISD 239Rushford

$9,962

-

$9,962

SAGE Academy, CSD 4087Brooklyn Park

$10,000

-

$10,000

Saint Charles Public Schools, ISD 858Saint Charles

$10,000

$16,357

$26,357

Salem Lutheran SchoolStillwater

$6,000

$1,995

$7,995

Sartell-St. Stephen Public Schools, ISD 748Sartell

$7,500

-

$7,500

Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools, ISD 47Sauk Rapids

$10,000

-

$10,000

Schoolcraft Learning Community, CSD 4058Bemidji

$10,000

$10,000

 
Springfield Public Schools, ISD 85Springfield

$10,000

-

$10,000

St Peter Public Schools, ISD 508St. Peter

$10,000

-

$10,000

St. Peter Lutheran SchoolSt. Peter

$2,500

$105

$2,605

Staples-Motley School District, ISD 2170Staples

$10,000

-

$10,000

United South Central Public Schools, ISD 2134Wells

$10,000

-

$10,000

Vermilion Country SchoolTower

$7,500

-

$7,500

Voyageurs Expeditionary School, CSD 4107Bemidji

$5,000

-

$5,000

Willow River Public Schools, ISD 577Willow River

$10,000

-

$10,000

Wrenshall Public Schools, ISD 100Wrenshall

$2,500

-

$2,500

Zion Lutheran Church and SchoolAlexandria

$5,000

-

$5,000

Zumbrota-Mazeppa Public Schools, ISD 2805Zumbrota

$10,000

$18,160

$28,160

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Fiscal Year 2022
School/School DistrictCountyFirst Bite AwardEquipment AwardTotal Award
Alden Conger Public SchoolFreeborn

$3,000

-

$3,000

Butterfield-Odin School DistrictWatonwan

$5,000

-

$5,000

Caledonia Area Public SchoolsHouston

$5,000

-

$5,000

Cannon Falls SchoolsGoodhue

$5,000

-

$5,000

Delano Public SchoolsWright

$5,000

-

$5,000

DeLaSalle High SchoolHennepin

$5,000

$4,347

$9,347

First Lutheran SchoolMcLeod

$5,000

-

$5,000

Glacial Hills ElementaryPope

$5,000

-

$5,000

Glenville-Emmons Public SchoolsFreeborn

$2,500

-

$2,500

Hennepin SchoolsHennepin

$5,000

$800

$5,800

Holy Trinity Catholic SchoolDakota

$5,000

$9,926

$14,926

MN State AcademiesRice

$5,000

$1,727.50

$6,727.50

New Millennium AcademyHennepin

$5,000

-

$5,000

Northwestern Minnesota Juvenile CenterBeltrami

$2,500

-

$2,500

NRHEG Public SchoolsWaseca

$5,000

-

$5,000

Pine City Public SchoolsPine

$4,000

-

$17,048.18

Plymouth Christian Youth CenterHennepin

$5,000

$1,330

$6,330

Russell Tyler Ruthton (RTR) Public SchoolsLincoln

$5,000

$13,188.24

$18,188.24

Sacred Heart SchoolStearns

$2,500

-

$2,500

St. Bernard's Catholic SchoolPennington

$5,000

-

$5,000

St. Croix Prep AcademyWashington

$5,000

$1,250

$6,250

St. Peter's Catholic SchoolYellow Medicine

$2,500

-

$2,500

The Journey SchoolRamsey

$5,000

$10,775.20

$15,775.20

Wabasha-Kellogg Public SchoolWabasha

$5,000

-

$5,000

White Bear Lake Area SchoolsRamsey

$5,000

-

$5,000

Windom Area SchoolsCottonwood

$5,000

-

$5,000

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Fiscal Year 2021
SchoolAmount
All Saints Catholic Schools$3,400
Aurora Waasakone Community of Learners$5,000
ISD 0877 Buffalo Public Schools$5,000
Crosslake Community School$5,000
ISD 0330 Heron Lake-Okabena Public Schools$5,000
Immanuel Lutheran School$5,000
ISD 0740 Melrose Public Schools$5,000
New Ulm Area Catholic Schools$5,000
ISD 0553 New York Mills Public Schools$5,000
St Mary’s School Breckenridge$2,500
ISD 0487 Upsala Public Schools$5,000
Winona Area Public Schools$5,000

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