The National Farm to School Network and Annie’s Root 4 Kids are thrilled to announce the winners of our first National Farm to School Month Poster Contest.

More than 700 students in three age groups competed to win $1,000 for their Farm to School program and an Annie’s Root 4 Kids prize pack valued at $150.

It wasn’t an easy choice, but posters designed by these three young ladies rose to the top and took the home the prize: 5th-grader Caroline Roeder of Greenfield Elementary in Fairfield, Mont.; 8th-grader Miya McLaughlin of Stanwood Middle School in Stanwood, Wash.; and 11th-grader Phynesse Graham of Cab Calloway School of the Arts in Wilmington, Del.

The schools are still making plans for how they will spend their winnings, but we hear a school-wide local food lunch is in the works, and a CSA farm in Oregon might have a new place to sell their produce.

The poster contest was held in honor of the first National Farm to School Month in October, and the winning posters will be used to promote next year’s celebration.

Hundreds of schools in all 50 states and the District of Columbia celebrated Farm to School Month by featuring local food in their cafeteria, holding special taste-tests of featured local items and inviting farmers and chefs into classrooms.