The 'Missing Middle': How To Feed America's Neglected Kids At School
Huff PostHuffPost In this edition of Voices In Food, Vermont state Sen. Brian Campion shares how he helped guarantee that his state’s schoolchildren all have access to local, fresh foods for the 2022-23 school year through a one-year pilot project meant to extend the federal government’s COVID-relief programs. It’s an economic development bill, too.” - Vermont state Sen. Brian Campion And this is where testimony comes in. Farmers need a level of predictability and knowing that you’re going to be able to supply local schools with certain amounts of carrots, a certain amount of milk, that’s really good economic development. We want, down the road, to get to 100%, so it’s also a climate bill in addition to one about kids having access to good food, and economic development.
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