States like Minnesota and North Dakota are out millions of dollars in federal funding expected to cover costs of purchasing ...

National spending on local foods in schools was about $1.8 billion in the 2022-23 school year, according to the USDA's Farm to School Census. Vaubel feels federal dollars are important to help ...

Karen Spangler, the policy director at the National Farm to School Network, which works to provide more education to children about food systems and supports delivering more locally grown food to ...

“This was devastating,” said Nicole Melia, food service director for the Norristown district in Pennsylvania, who also works with the farm-to-school network ... cuts to the National School ...

Sunny Baker is the Senior Director of Programs and Policy at the National Farm to School Network, which connects people doing these projects with one another, with resources, and with policies ...