Seattle PI: Farm to School Bill
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"No one says kids shouldn't have healthy food in schools, but what we're up against is a really huge industrial food system," said Kia Kozun, Outreach Manager of Nash's Organic Produce, a Farming & the Environment stewardship farm.
Legislation to be proposed in Olympia next week could catapult Washington to the forefront of national efforts to get more farm-fresh, locally grown food into lunches at schools and at other institutions.
The front page headline of the January 10, 2008 Seattle PI reads "Fresh
from the Farm" in capital letters with prominent photo of Eloina Najera
stacking carrots at Nash's Organic farm in Sequim."No one says kids shouldn't have healthy food in schools, but what we're up against is a really huge industrial food system," said Kia Kozun, Outreach Manager of Nash's Organic Produce, a Farming & the Environment stewardship farm.
Legislation to be proposed in Olympia next week could catapult Washington to the forefront of national efforts to get more farm-fresh, locally grown food into lunches at schools and at other institutions.
Read the January 10, 2008 Seattle PI article about the Local Farms, Healthy Kids bill that has been selected as one of the top four legistlative priorities for Washington's environmental community this year.