The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service awarded a $177,222 Farm to School Grant Program (CFDA 10.575) to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) with a project period from July 2023 to June 2025. The grant supports MDA's efforts to improve access to local foods in USDA Child Nutrition Programs, such as the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, through activities like training, equipment purchases, partnership development, and implementing farm to school initiatives that increase the availability of local foods in schools, provide agriculture-based education, and enhance supply chains between local producers and schools.
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