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Advocates, farmers and school nutrition officials urge committee to keep state food‑nutrition programs in Department of Agriculture
Summary
A5150, a measure to transfer the State Division of Food and Nutrition to Human Services and appropriate $128.24M for farmland preservation, drew sustained opposition from school nutrition leaders, farm groups and farmers who said moving the division would sever important farm‑to‑school ties; committee nevertheless reported the bill with several members expressing concern.
Assembly Bill 5150, considered Dec. 16 by the Appropriations Committee, would transfer the State Division of Food and Nutrition out of the Department of Agriculture and appropriate $128,241,000 for farmland preservation purposes. The proposal drew extended testimony from school nutrition officials, farm groups, farmers and farm‑to‑school advocates who warned the move could disrupt established agricultural connections and federal funding administration.
Keith Leader, president of the New Jersey School…
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