Updates from USDA Farm to School Team, Child Nutrition Act Reauthorization
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Presentation highlights the One Tray team (CFSC, School Food FOCUS and National Farm to School Network) and their collaboration with USDA. Updates include farm to school, child nutrition reauthorization, Senator Leahy Bill and opportunities for getting involved in moving the bill along. Presenters included Megan Lott of CFSC, Kate Fitzgerald of National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Loren LaCorte and Charles Parrott of USDA.
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Updates from USDA Farm to School Team, Child Nutrition Act Reauthorization
- 1. Farm to School: National Policy Opportunities and Updates from the USDA Farm to School Team Session 2: Tuesday, May 18 th 4-5:30pm
- 3. NOURISHING THE NATION ONE TRAY AT A TIME www.onetray.org
- 13. HOUSE SENATE Baldwin (WI-2) McGovern (MA-3) Bennet (CO) Murray (WA) Blumenauer (OR-3) McIntyre (NC-7) Brown (OH) Sanders (VT) Boyd (FL-2) Meek (FL-17) Casey (PA) Schumer (NY) Carnahan (MO-3) Miller (CA-7) Durbin (IL) Shaeen (NH) Clarke (NY-11) Pallone (NJ-6) Franken (MN) Specter (PA) Dahlkemper (PA-3) Polis (CO-2) Gillibrand (NY) Stabenow (MI) Davis (TN-4) Ross (AR-4) Harkin (IA) Tester (MT) Ellison (MN-5) Rothman (NJ-9) Klobuchar (MN) Udall (NM) Grijalva (AZ-7) Schakowsky (IL-9) Merkley (OR) Johnson (GA-4) Scott (VA-3) Kagen (WI-8) Sestak (PA-7) Kaptur (OH-9) Shuler (NC-11) Kennedy (RI-1) Welch (VT) Loebsack (IA-2)
Notas do Editor
- Facilitate geographic preference Build USDA capacity to support Farm to School and Sustainable Procurement Practices Increase healthy, regional choices for USDA Foods Scale up Farm to School and Sustainable Procurement Practices: Invest in regional production, processing, distribution, and infrastructure Build a dedicated regional USDA Farm to School staff Secure start-up funding fro Farm to School projects. Initiate a nationally coordinated research agenda Foster School Food Service Professional Development Create a program to train more Farm to School trainers. Collaborate on media, marketing, and outreach efforts.
- Policy Updates Two great videos: Priceless and Lunch Encounters of the Third Kind Ideas for action
- Suegway from what USDA’s doing to CNR/legislative efforts – how the two compliment each other, but are not the same Every four or five years, the federal Child Nutrition bills, including the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act of 1946, are up for review during the reauthorization process. These two bills, as well as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), are currently set to expire on September 30 th 2010. The reauthorization process allows for a reconsideration of all programs including the following: * National School Lunch Program * School Breakfast Program * Child and Adult Care Food Program * Summer Food Service Program * WIC, and including, WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program * Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Special Milk Program Committees of Jurisdiction: House Ed and Labor – Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities Senate Ag – Subcommittee on Hunger, Nutrition, and Family Farms
- Farm to School was first included in 2004 CNR – discretionary funding – now advocating for Mandatory funding
- one tray docs, hill briefings, forming of the Farm to School Collaborative Senate Bill – Leahy Senate Marker Bill ($40 million) House Bill – Holt As of 5/13 – 27 cosponsors of Holt’s bill; 17 cosponsors of Leahy’s Bill More than 40 orgs signed on to letter
- Kate: Where we are now and how we’re going to pay for it Senate: incorporates new IOM standards, 6 cents increased reimb tied to better nutrition increased access, improvements in direct certification, automatic universal meals in high poverty areas, expand afterschool meals. training for school service providers, beefed up audits Offset – EQIP, SNAP ed and bonus commodities. FLOOR – timing, 12 work weeks, financial reform, jobs/unemployment, supplemental budget (wars), food safety, climate change AND need to conference, too. July. Context of Hunger vs. Sustainable Ag priorities – proposed offset has exemplified an ongoing problem of conservation vs hungry kids – what is also stalling the bill highlights why NSAC is involved Action steps/what we need – new money and movement of the bill!
- House jurisdiction – Senate Ag had access to SNAP Ed and EQIP funds – House Ed and Labor don’t have jurisdiction over those Action – discussion draft by memorial day – no hearings. Need “new” money since no leeway in Ed and Labor budget, also working on ESEA, jobs bill and unemployment education.
- House letter had 221 signatories Senate letter to go this week with more than 30 signatories Information around on action to take Signatories on Senate Letter as of 5/18 (TODAY) > Lincoln > Chambliss > Harkin > Grassley > Leahy > Klobuchar > Stabenow > Brown (OH) > Bennet > Baucus > Levin > Landrieu > Bayh > Begich > Burris > Casey > Specter > Pryor > Conrad > Sanders > Collins > Cochran > Udall (NM) > Gillibrand > Nelson (NE) > Lugar > Dorgan > Wyden > McCaskill