Requires Departments of Agriculture and Education to cooperatively implement new "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" initiative to promote and facilitate increased procurement and use of local and regional foods for school meals program purposes.
Requires school meal service providers, when procuring local and regional foods for students, to give purchasing preference to foods produced by in-State farmers and other food producers located within 100 miles of destination school.
Requesting The Department Of Education To Convene A Working Group To Address The Findings And Recommendations Of Auditor's Report No. 26-08 Regarding The Implementation Of Hawaii's Farm-to-school And Local Food Procurement Initiatives.
Requesting The Department Of Education To Convene A Working Group To Address The Findings And Recommendations Of Auditor's Report No. 26-08 Regarding The Implementation Of Hawaii's Farm-to-school And Local Food Procurement Initiatives.
Requesting The Department Of Education To Convene A Working Group To Address The Findings And Recommendations Of Auditor's Report No. 26-08 Regarding The Implementation Of Hawaii's Farm-to-school And Local Food Procurement Initiatives.
Requesting The Department Of Education To Convene A Working Group To Address The Findings And Recommendations Of Auditor's Report No. 26-08 Regarding The Implementation Of Hawaii's Farm-to-school And Local Food Procurement Initiatives.
Requires Secretary of Agriculture to establish Farm to School Local Food Procurement Reimbursement Grant Program to reimburse school districts for costs expended in sourcing and procuring local foods for students; appropriates $4,500,000.
Requires Secretary of Agriculture to establish Farm to School Local Food Procurement Reimbursement Grant Program to reimburse school districts for costs expended in sourcing and procuring local foods for students; appropriates $4,500,000.
Requesting The Department Of Education To Submit A Report To The Legislature Detailing Farm-to-school Implementation, Local Food Procurement, Regional Kitchen Alignment, And Federal Farm-to-school Grant Participation.
Requesting The Department Of Education To Submit A Report To The Legislature Detailing Farm-to-school Implementation, Local Food Procurement, Regional Kitchen Alignment, And Federal Farm-to-school Grant Participation.