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California legislators back call to protect federal funding for local foods in school and child care meals
Summary
The Senate Agriculture Committee heard testimony supporting AJR 6, which urges federal protection of funds that help schools and child care programs buy California-grown food. Farmers and school nutrition directors told the committee cuts would reduce farm sales and students' access to fresh produce.
Assemblymember Agriar Curry presented AJR 6 on the Senate Committee on Agriculture floor, asking federal representatives to protect federal funding for local foods for schools and child care programs.
AJR 6 asks the federal government to maintain funding for programs that promote procurement of California-grown food for school meals and child care, which proponents say supports family farms and student nutrition.
Antonio Garza, who said he and his fiancée run Feeding Crane Farm in Nevada County, told the committee the local foods program and local food…
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