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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Virginia Program Connects Farms With Schools

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has created a program designed to help connect local farmers with the area's school food service directors. connect and. This "Farm-to-School" effort to get more local fruits and vegetables into public schools is the result of an initiative by the 2007 Virginia General Assembly.
"The Farm-to-School program is about creating connections between growers, distributors and educational institutions,' said Todd P. Haymore, VDACS Commissioner. 'Through these connections, we also can reach children and their parents,' he added."
The program's web site helps food service directors learn what food is available and where it can be purchased. Both the program and the website are administered by VDACS' Division of Marketing. Source: Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

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Monday, June 02, 2008

Farmers Pressure Lawmakers

Farmers have begun pressuring New York State lawmakers to set higher nutritional standards for public schools. Higher standards would not only help combat childhood obesity, but could potentially create a lot of business for New York farmers.
"Components of a healthy-schools bill include requiring the state to set nutritional and dietary standards for school meals and snacks, with an emphasis on unsweetened fruits, vegetables, whole grains and other nutritional foods."
The farmers make a strong case for the higher standards by reminding lawmakers that produce and other items shipped from farms in upstate New York will be cost-effective because packing and shipping costs will be reduced. Both the Assembly and Senate passed their own versions of healthy-schools bills, but they couldn't reach a compromise before the session ended. Source: Press Connects

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