This study aims to increase food security for children served by school meals and reduce food waste by implementing good agricultural practices by family farmers. Good agricultural practices are regulated by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation - Embrapa, whose application of the precepts results in quality products, which enrich school and third-party food in general. Federal Law No. 11,947 requires that at least 30% of the funds transferred by the National School Development Fund be used for the purchase of family farming products. However, in order for foodstuffs to be purchased, there is a need to observe good agricultural practices, aiming to guarantee the safety and quality of products, thus containing sufficient nutritional resources to ensure the healthy physical and mental development of students. A bibliographic search was carried out pertinent to the studied theme and interviews with 20 small producers. The research instrument was a checklist of Good Agricultural Practices adapted to the local reality. After each interview, an individual Action Plan was drawn up with corrective measures individually, in addition to lectures emphasizing Good Agricultural Practices and video presentation focused on the Traceability Law. Subsequently, a survey of the adjustments between the first and the second assessment was carried out with the aiming farmers. The producers' establishments, according to the analysis of the checklists, presented different percentages according to the practices applied and evaluated by producer. In general, in the diagnosis of the water and supply of the members, it was possible to observe an improvement in the conformities between the 1st and 2nd lists taking into account that the establishments that started to sanitize and keep the water tanks covered. As for the hygiene, health and training of the cooperative members, they showed an average evolution from 51.25% to 78.75%, as they stated that they were away from the production of food when they presented some illness. In the evaluation of Good Agricultural Practices, producers, due to not having an adequate hygiene and storage structure, had an adequacy percentage between 55% to 80%. However, throughout the work, some managed to acquire refrigeration equipment, increasing the percentage from 80% to 100% of conformities. As for traceability, there was a great emphasis on the evolution of conformities, going from 7.5% to 40.8%, as they understood that they must be attentive to the application of these procedures, providing their identity. At the end, it was found that good agricultural practices with the implementation of traceability are fundamental for the production of quality foodstuffs, which satisfy the food and nutritional security policy, since it contributes to healthy eating in the es colas, in addition to minimizing the rural exodus, further strengthening cooperatives and increasing producers' incomes.
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