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Utah Agriculture officials highlight food‑security grants, Farm‑to‑School sales and digital outreach
Summary
The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food told appropriations committee members the Utah Food Security Grant and Farm‑to‑School work have helped local processors and schools, but demand far exceeds current funding; staff seek to sustain and expand programs and relaunch the department website to improve access.
Caroline Hargraves, director of marketing and economic development at the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, told the Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environmental Quality Appropriations Subcommittee that the department’s outreach and grant programs are driving local processing and school procurement of Utah food products.
Hargraves said the department’s Farm to School efforts—highlighted by an annual Apple Crunch Day that she said generates roughly…
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