http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/farm-to-school-included-in-administrations-child-nutrition-priorities/ Supporting economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture, natural resources, and rural communities Mon, 21 May 2012 20:35:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/farm-to-school-included-in-administrations-child-nutrition-priorities/#comment-10538 Local food use making national headlines « UT Market Garden Project Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:33:36 +0000 http://sustainableagriculture.net/?p=4151#comment-10538 [...] programs. To read this article and learn more about other sustainable agricultural happenings go to http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/farm-to-school-included-in-administrations-child-nutrition-pr.... Stay [...] [...] programs. To read this article and learn more about other sustainable agricultural happenings go to http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/farm-to-school-included-in-administrations-child-nutrition-pr…. Stay [...]

]]> http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/farm-to-school-included-in-administrations-child-nutrition-priorities/#comment-10267 awitteman Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:15:08 +0000 http://sustainableagriculture.net/?p=4151#comment-10267 Hi Julie, Good suggestions. Whenever we post an action alert on our "Take Action" page we usually do list talking points and the names of legislators as a way to help grassroots advocates like yourself take the step of calling Congressional offices. In this case, we just wanted to give people an update about where the farm to school legislation is at given Secretary Vilsack's announcement this week. Stay tuned for a Take Action alert! Hi Julie,
Good suggestions. Whenever we post an action alert on our “Take Action” page we usually do list talking points and the names of legislators as a way to help grassroots advocates like yourself take the step of calling Congressional offices. In this case, we just wanted to give people an update about where the farm to school legislation is at given Secretary Vilsack’s announcement this week. Stay tuned for a Take Action alert!

]]> http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/farm-to-school-included-in-administrations-child-nutrition-priorities/#comment-10240 Julie Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:28:50 +0000 http://sustainableagriculture.net/?p=4151#comment-10240 It might be helpful for new policies like these that you want to see people back to ask them to contact their members of congress about supporting them and then have a link to click that would give talking points and the names of their senators and representatives so people could e-mail support (or call, with the phone number to the capital and directions) for policies such as these. It might be helpful for new policies like these that you want to see people back to ask them to contact their members of congress about supporting them and then have a link to click that would give talking points and the names of their senators and representatives so people could e-mail support (or call, with the phone number to the capital and directions) for policies such as these.

]]> http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/farm-to-school-included-in-administrations-child-nutrition-priorities/#comment-12624 Mary Swalla Holmes Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:35:00 +0000 http://sustainableagriculture.net/?p=4151#comment-12624 True! Can we put these numbers side by side? True! Can we put these numbers side by side?

]]> http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/farm-to-school-included-in-administrations-child-nutrition-priorities/#comment-12623 Donna Buell Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:04:00 +0000 http://sustainableagriculture.net/?p=4151#comment-12623 Very good news -- until we start to compare the $10 million/year in the bills with the BILLIONS per year that we pay to subsidize high fructose corn syrup. We still have a very long way to go! Very good news — until we start to compare the $10 million/year in the bills with the BILLIONS per year that we pay to subsidize high fructose corn syrup. We still have a very long way to go!

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