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Historic Johnson Farm in Henderson County announced that it has been awarded a $50,000 USDA Patrick Leahy Farm to School grant.
Patrick Joseph Leahy OBE (/ ˈ l eɪ h i / LAY-hee; born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who represented Vermont in the United States Senate from 1975 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party , he also was the president pro tempore of the United States Senate from 2012 to 2015 and from 2021 to 2023.
USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service awarded $10.7 million to 103 projects across the country under the Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program in 2023, an annual competitive grant award. The ...
School food programs have been present in the United States locally since the 1700s, but were first required by law in 1946 by the National School Lunch Act. [5] Since its passage, this law supported childhood nutrition while also making use of federal government commodity purchases to support farmers and protect the agricultural economy. [6]
Demand from school districts is outpacing state funding for the program.
George David Aiken was born in Dummerston, Vermont, to Edward Webster and Myra (née Cook) Aiken. [3] In 1893, he and his parents moved to Putney, where his parents grew fruits and vegetables and his father served in local offices including school board member, select board member, and member of the Vermont House of Representatives. [4]
The Patrick and Marcelle Leahy Center for Lake Champlain is a 2.2-acre (8,900 m 2) campus recognizing Senator Patrick Leahy's dedication to the stewardship of the Lake Champlain Basin. The Leahy Center is also home to the University of Vermont ’s Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources , Lake Champlain Basin Program Resource ...
Lawmakers have long tried to boot soda out of school. In 1978, several proposed that the USDA restrict foods of “minimal nutritional value.” The National Soft Drink Association sued the USDA, and won. In 1994, Senator Patrick Leahy argued that “kids have no money, no political clout. … If Coke wins, children lose.”