3.0.0 3144 2023-01-11T13:16:12Z 2023-01-11T13:16:12Z Senate S S 2010-03-18 111 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-03-18T23:11:08Z Growing Farm to School Programs Act of 2010 111 3123 S 2010-03-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1624) Related bill CRS 2010-03-18 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2010-03-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1753) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2010-03-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA N H001049 Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] Kay Hagan D NC R. 2010-03-18 True Education Administrative law and regulatory procedures Agricultural education Department of Agriculture Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Food assistance and relief Fruit and vegetables Horticulture and plants Nutrition and diet Poverty and welfare assistance Public contracts and procurement Education 00 2010-03-18 Introduced in Senate 2010-03-24T19:10:03Z Healthy Food in Schools Act of 2010 - Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to replace the farm-to-cafeteria program with a program providing schools, state and local agencies, Indian tribes, agricultural producers, and nonprofits with competitive matching grants and technical assistance to improve access to local foods by schools participating in the school lunch or breakfast programs.

Gives priority to projects that: (1) benefit local small- and medium-sized farms; (2) serve a high proportion of children who are eligible for free or reduced price lunches; and (3) incorporate experiential nutrition education by involving school children in farm and garden-based agricultural education activities.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) promote the use of salad or fruit and vegetable bars in schools participating in the school lunch program; (2) provide training and technical assistance to states and schools on the best manner for doing so; and (3) provide grants to states for a one-time payment to schools for the cost of setting up and operating salad or fruit and vegetable bars.

Directs the Secretary to identify and remove barriers to the equitable purchase of fruits and vegetables within the Secretary's procurement and distribution systems.

Authorizes the Secretary to use administrative funds under the Act's fresh fruit and vegetable program to provide program participants with technical assistance and national and regional training conferences that emphasize best practices.

Directs the Secretary to promulgate a final rule, by October 20, 2011, updating the nutrition standards and meal requirements for school meal programs so they are consistent with the findings of a specified review conducted by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.

Requires the Secretary to allocate funds to states, in proportion to each state's administrative expense allocation under the school lunch and breakfast programs, so they can award competitive grants to school food authorities for the equipment needed to prepare, process, and store food for the school lunch program.

]]> Healthy Food in Schools Act of 2010 Display Title Healthy Food in Schools Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the health and well-being of school children, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Healthy Food in Schools Act of 2010 Introduced in Senate 2010-03-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3144is/xml/BILLS-111s3144is.xml 2010-03-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.