S 1328
117th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Aquaculture
Child health
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Nutrition and diet
Seafood
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Farm to School Act of 2021
Introduced: April 22, 2021
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 22, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Apr 22, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Farm to School Act of 2021
This bill modifies and expands the Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Farm to School Program. The program currently provides grants and technical assistance to schools, state and local agencies, Indian tribal organizations, agricultural producers, and nonprofit entities to improve access to local foods in schools.
Among other things, the bill
- reauthorizes the program through FY2027;
- permits USDA to provide land-grant colleges and universities with grants, research, evaluation, and technical assistance under the program;
- expands the purposes for grants awarded under the program to include implementing educational activities relating to agriculture, nutrition, or food;
- requires USDA to provide technical assistance, research, and information to increase awareness of and participation in farm to school programs among agricultural producers, including beginning, veteran, and socially disadvantaged farmers;
- directs USDA to seek to improve local food procurement and distribution options for agricultural producers and eligible institutions;
- authorizes USDA to fund projects that include innovative approaches to aggregation, processing, transportation, and distribution;
- establishes new limitations on the amount and duration of grants; and
- limits funds that may be used for administrative costs.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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