Photo: Third graders at Zach Elementary School in Fort Collins pick and choose fruits and vegetables from a produce bar. – Coloradoan library.
A Colorado bill to spend about $5 million to put more local produce in school cafeterias passed its first testWednesday at the Legislature.
But the measure passed by a single vote after complaints that it takes money from classroom instruction.
The bill sets up a grant program to make Colorado the 17th state to chip in grant money in addition to federal programs to help get more locally grown foods on cafeteria plates.
Colorado’s measure would spend about $1 million a year for five years to help farmers make safety upgrades so they can sell directly to schools. Read More…
Kristen Wyatt,
Associated Press
February 18, 2015
