93.49 Farm to school programs.

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(1)Definition. In this section, “farm to school program” means a program to connect schools with nearby farms to provide children with locally produced fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy products, and other nutritious, locally produced foods in school breakfasts, lunches, and snacks; help children develop healthy eating habits; provide nutritional and agricultural education; and improve farmers’ incomes and direct access to markets.

(2)Department responsibilities.

(a)The department shall promote farm to school programs. The department shall encourage schools, as part of farm to school programs, to purchase food produced in this state and to provide nutritional and agricultural education, including farm visits, cooking demonstrations, and composting and gardening at schools.

(b)The department shall do all of the following in carrying out its responsibilities under par.

(a):

1. Identify impediments to providing locally produced fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy products, and other nutritious, locally produced foods in school breakfasts, lunches, and snacks and seek to reduce those impediments.

2. Advise other state agencies and local agencies on actions to promote farm to school programs and coordinate the department’s activities under this subsection with related activities of other state agencies, including the department of public instruction and the department of health services, local agencies, and nonprofit organizations.

3. Promote communications between local farmers and schools and sales of food from local farmers to schools.