The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released statistics supporting a new trend: schools are attempting to serve meals with food that was grown near by. A “census” concluded that of the farm-to-school programs, at least 42,000 schools spend almost $600 million on locally grown food during the 2013-2014 school year. This number is up almost […]

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