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Committee lays over bill to move $4 million from dairy program to farm-to-school and change program rules
Summary
House File 2,785 would transfer $4,000,000 from a dairy program into the Farm to School (Farm to Institution) program, increase the program base to $5,275,000, and introduce policy changes to expand school purchasing of local products; the measure was laid over after committee discussion.
House File 2,785, introduced by Representative Vang, would move $4,000,000 of unspent funds from a dairy program into the state Farm to School (Farm to Institution) program and makes policy changes intended to create a new market for vulnerable, small producers to sell to schools.
The bill would replace an existing Farm to Institution base of $1,275,000 with $5,275,000 by transferring $4,000,000 from the dairy appropriation. Representative Vang said the funds were originally allocated in the prior biennium and have remained unspent;…
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