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California School Garden Coalition

Placer County

Auburn Union Elementary

Auburn Union Elementary has received $243,178 from the Kitchen Infrastructure and Training (KIT) Fund: $190,138 in 2022 and a $53,040 grant in 2025. The California Department of Education (CDE) has not published the 2026 allocations yet.

$190,138

2022 KIT allocation

$53,040

2025 KIT grant

KIT Fund allocations

What the KIT Fund has sent this district, round by round.

2022 allocation
$190,138 in the 2022 round: $190,138 base. As of March 29, 2024.
2025 grant
$53,040 in the 2025 round. As of March 11, 2026.
2026 allocation
Not yet published by CDE. The formula and the amount per agency are still to be decided. As of September 29, 2026.
County-District-School (CDS) code
31667870000000

What you can do now

Who decides in a district

KIT money goes to the district's food service (nutrition services) department, so its director decides how it is spent. An education or curriculum lead, a farm-to-school buyer and a garden coordinator often shape a garden program, and in our work a garden coordinator housed in food services has worked well, since food service already runs as a business.

Gardens and garden education here

Ten Strands found public evidence of a farm to school program here.

From Ten Strands' statewide district dataset, as of September 29, 2026. Ten Strands looks for public evidence, so a missing item may mean the district has not said so publicly.

Coalition members near Placer County

Member organizations in the Sierra Nevada region, then the ones that work statewide. Not sure which one fits? Write to us at hello@caschoolgardens.org and we'll introduce you.

Does your organization work with schools here? Add it to the coalition.

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