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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]
On January 27, 2025, memo M-25-13 was released by Matthew J. Vaeth – acting director for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). [1] [2] The memo said that the federal government of the United States in fiscal year 2024 spent over $3 trillion in federal "financial assistance, such as grants and loans", criticized the usage of "resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and ...
Food producers who have participated in California’s state-funded “Farm to School” grant program are benefiting from significant growth in their business revenues, a new progress report has ...
A Massachusetts Farm to School bill would create a grant program that schools could use to incorporate local food into their student meals, curriculum. 'Connecting students with where food comes ...
The USDA Farm to School Grant Program is funded through the use of grants by the USDA, with 2019 seeing nearly $10 million awarded supporting 3.2 million students in over 5,400 schools across 42 states. [13] The program also seeks to encourage young children to pursue careers related to the creation and distribution of food supplies.
Demand from school districts is outpacing state funding for the program.
Oct. 13—The Royalton-Hartland school district has been spending down the $87,000 Farm to School grant that it secured from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2021. The money has been used to ...
A school shooting at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee, kills two students and injures two others. [93] Daniel Ball, a rioter that took part in the riot at the United States Capitol, is arrested again despite being pardoned by Trump, making him the first rioter with additional legal trouble after the pardon. [94]