New school lunch program encourages school gardens
Encouraging news on the improvement of school food, the most significant improvement to the school food program in 30 years will likely be passed in the House on Thursday, December 16, 2010. “The legislation gives a boost to the “locavore” local food movement that urges consumption of locally produced food by including $40 million to encourage schools to buy food from local farms and to start their own gardens.”
Original Times Union article: - School lunch overhaul expected
