HR 2626 108th Congress House Education Agricultural education Agriculture and Food Child nutrition Congress Congressional reporting requirements Curricula Economics and Public Finance Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Families Farm produce Federal aid to education School lunch program Secondary education Small farms Social Welfare

Farm-To-Cafeteria Projects Act of 2003

Introduced: June 26, 2003 See on congress.gov

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Became law

Mar 29, 2004

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E471)

Jul 21, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

Jun 26, 2003

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Jun 26, 2003

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Farm-To-Cafeteria Projects Act of 2003 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (NSLA) to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make competitive grants to private nonprofit entities and educational institutions to establish and carry out Farm-to-Cafeteria projects to improve access to local foods in schools and institutions receiving funds under NSLA and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (CNA) (except the special supplemental program for women, infants, and children (WIC) which already has a WIC Farmers Market Nutrition program).

Requires such projects to be designed to: (1) procure local foods from small and medium-sized farms to provide foods for school meals; (2) support nutrition education activities or curriculum planning incorporating school children's participation in farm and agriculture education projects; and (3) develop a sustained commitment to farm-to-cafeteria projects in the community by linking schools, agricultural producers, parents, and other community stakeholders.

What's happening now March 29, 2004

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E471)

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