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Agency seeks law change to let Vermont Farm to School program contract technical service providers
Summary
Agency staff told the Agriculture Committee that a housekeeping change to S.323 would allow the Vermont Farm to School and Early Childhood Program to use contracts for targeted technical assistance while preserving competitive grants for schools; staff said the program is oversubscribed and the governor’s budget recommends a $500,000 base allocation.
Abby Butler, representing the Agency of Agriculture, told the Agriculture Committee on Feb. 6 that a technical correction to housekeeping bill S.323 would permit the Vermont Farm to School and Early Childhood Program to enter contracts with technical service providers in addition to issuing competitive grants.
Butler said the change would allow the program to “contract with those technical service providers” to gain more control over timelines, deliverables and pay rates while maintaining competitive grants for schools. “We don't currently have language in the Farm to School Act to provide contracts,” she said, adding that contracting would be used selectively for targeted trainings, statewide promotional materials…
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