WASHINGTON – Minnesota is the first in the nation to receive over $3.4 million in federal funding to expand the state’s “Local Food for Schools” program.
The USDA’s Jenny Lester Moffitt says they’re really focused on purchasing locally Minnesota-grown food and getting it into schools.
She says the products will be healthy and unique to their geographic area, with the goal of improving child nutrition and building new relationships between schools and local farmers.
