Source: THE POULTRY SITE, 5/4/21

 EDITOR'S NOTE:  US Rep. Alma Adams (NC-12th) is a sponsor of this legislation

A bipartisan group of congressional leaders has taken an important step towards making it easier for schools to source locally grown, locally raised, and locally caught food and farm products for school meals. The Kids Eat Local Act introduced by Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) and Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Josh Harder (D-CA) and Alma Adams (D-NC), would help break down barriers between school food purchasers and family farmers and food producers by simplifying local purchasing guidelines for school meal programs.

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