MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — The West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) held its inaugural Farm to School Conference on Wednesday, where educators, farmers, and chefs could meet together to trade notes on how to bring locally prepared, fresh foods to the cafeteria and teach students about health and science in the process.

Event organizers said that this is a field that has been growing in West Virginia for more than a decade. WVDE Office of Child Nutrition Director Tony Crago said that all over the state, schools have gardens, hydroponics and other agricultural activities.

The conference included field trips to places like the Preston High Animal Processing facility in Kingwood, which is a state-inspected commercial meat processing center operated by students.

Crago said the benefi

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