Students One Step Closer to Healthier Meals

This week the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee approved the “South Carolina Farm to School Program Act.”H. 4833 by Representatives Dan Cooper (R-Anderson), Laurie Slade Funderburk (D-Kershaw) and others will foster relationships between SC farms and schools in order to provide schools with fresh and minimally processed foods in their school meals. The bill will also help develop healthy eating habits, improve farmers’ incomes and direct access to markets, and to provide students with hands on learning opportunities. Track the progress of this legislation at the website of the Coastal Conservation League . Let your state senator know of your interest. Senators Lourie and Knotts are local legislators who serve on the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee.