Mississippi School Food Service Directors' Interest in and Experience with Farm to School

The dataset contains information collected from 122 K-12 public school food service directors in Mississippi, USA, who completed an online survey designed for Mississippi school food service directors. The survey was created using Snap Surveys Desktop software. Information includes school size (number of enrolled students), percent of students participating in free or reduced-price lunch, foods sourced locally (defined as grown or produced in Mississippi), desire to purchase more or start purchasing locally sourced foods, fresh fruit and vegetable purchasing practices, experience purchasing fruits and vegetables from farmers, challenges purchasing from farmers, and interest in other farm to school (F2S) activities. School food service directors' demographic characteristics collected include gender, age, ethnicity/race, marital status, and education level. The data were collected from October 2021 to January 2022 using an online mobile and secure survey management system called Snap Online. The data were collected to obtain updated demographic and school purchasing characteristics from school food service directors in Mississippi and to determine their current abilities, experiences, and desires to engage in F2S activities. The dataset can be used to learn about K-12 public school food service directors in Mississippi but results should not be generalized to all school food service directors in Mississippi or elsewhere in the USA.

• Resource Title: Mississippi Farm to School Food Service Director Dataset.

  File Name: MS F2S School Data Public.csv

  Resource Description: The dataset contains information collected from 122 K-12 public school food service directors in Mississippi regarding their experience with and interest in farm to school, including purchasing local foods. It also contains demographic characteristics of the school food service directors and their fresh fruit and vegetable purchasing practices.

  Resource Software Recommended: Microsoft Excel,url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/excel




• Resource Title: Mississippi Farm to School Food Service Director Data Dictionary.

  File Name: MS F2S School Data Dictionary Public.csv

  Resource Description: The file contains information for variables contained in the associated dataset including names, brief descriptions, types, lengths, and values.

  Resource Software Recommended: Microsoft Excel,url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/excel