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NOURISHING THE NATION ONE TRAY AT A TIME
Improving school meals through farm to school policy in the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Washington, DC ? Highlighting the state of the school plate on February 26, 2009, two congressional briefings are being hosted by the National Farm to Sc...

ADVOCATES FOR FARM TO SCHOOL TESTIFY TO SENATE AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION COMMITTEE
New North Florida Cooperative Testifies for Farm To School Programs in the Child Nutrition Reauthorization ATLANTA (May 15, 2009) The National Farm to School Network and other experts on providing healthy activity and nutrition to school childre...

Fight Childhood Obesity and Support Local Farmers
Dear Colleague Letter From: The Honorable Rush D. Holt Date: 2/25/2010 Fight Childhood Obesity and Support Local Farmers Cosponsor the Farm to School Improvements Act Dear Representative, The reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act giv...

HOLT INTRODUCES FARM TO SCHOOL BILL TO FIGHT CHILDHOOD OBESITY, SUPPORT LOCAL FARMERS
(Washington, D.C.) ? U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12) has introduced legislation that would create a Farm to School grant program to fight childhood obesity and support local farmers. The Child Nutrition Act is up for reauthorization this year, and Holt ? a me...

Leahy Launches Bill to Grow Farm to School
WASHINGTON (Tuesday, March 16) -- Despite the usual abundance of nearby farms, local farm products are largely missing from most schools? lunch trays. An emerging ?farm to school? movement aims to fix that by matching local farms with local schools, cutt...

National Farm to School Network Commends Senate Agriculture Committee on Farm to School Funding
The Senate Agriculture Committee made the first step towards reauthorizing childhood nutrition programs Wednesday by unanimously approving Chairwoman Blanche Lincoln's Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. The bill increases spending on nutrition program...

FARM TO SCHOOL WHITE HOUSE TASKFORCE BRIEF
WASHINGTON, DC (Friday, April 9) As advocates aiming to improve child nutrition by encouraging a more direct connection between local farms and federal nutrition programs, the National Farm to School Network is pleased to attend a convening at the White H...

AMERICORPS ANNOUNCES PLANNING SUPPORT FOR NEW PROGRAM: FOODCORPS
Service Effort Will Bring School Gardens and Farm to School Programs to Public Schools April 19, 2010 (Chandler, AZ) ––The founders of FoodCorps are gathering in Arizona next week to launch the planning process for their national AmeriCorps Farm to Sc...

FARM TO SCHOOL IN THE HOUSE
National Farm to School Network Commends Introduction of Improving Nutrition for America’s Children Act of 2010 WASHINGTON, DC (Thursday, June 10) House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D-CA) today unveiled his bipartisan Im...

National Farm to School Network Hiring Membership and Communications Associate
The selected candidate will be employed by Occidental College with the option to work remotely from any location. This is a two year full-time position with possible extension based on funding availability. The deadline for applications is September 3rd. ...

Arizona

Tucson School to Support Local Agriculture on Farm to School Day
TUCSON, Arizona, January 15, 2008 ? Farm to School Day, January 15, is part of St. John The Evangelist Elementary School's ?Eat Well, Be Well? Health Week, January 14 through 18, 2008, which features the Community Food Bank Mobile Market, energetic recess...

Oregon

FARM-TO-SCHOOL AND SCHOOL GARDEN PILOT PROGRAM PROPOSED TO LEGISLATURE
January 16, 2008 Urgency Linked to Unprecedented Changes in School Food Landscape What: Hearing on a farm-to-school and school garden legislative concept When: January 23rd, 9:00 a.m. (check...

FARM-TO-SCHOOL SCHOOL AND GARDEN BILL ON THE MOVE TO 2008 SPECIAL SESSION
HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY VOTES FOR URGENT ACTION SALEM, OR ? January 24, 2008 - The Farm-to-School and School Garden Legislative Concept, LC 79, introduced yesterday to the House Education Committee, won unanimous approval to move ...

Vermont

2008 Farm-to-School Grants Announced
2008 Farm-to-School Grants Announced Contacts: Helen Labun Jordan, Vermont Agency of Agriculture, (802) 828-3828 Kelly Loftus, Vermont Agency of Agriculture, (802) 828-3829 Monday, January 14, 2008 Montpelier, Vt. - The Vermont Agency of...

Farm to School Awareness Day 2009 for INFARMATION
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture and Vermont Food Education Every Day (VT FEED), in partnership with the Department of Health, and the Department of Education, recently announced the recipients of the 2009 Vermont Farm to School grants at the third annu...