When children go to school, they learn to read and write so they can get a good job or go to college. But what most don’t learn in school today is how to produce their own food.
A bill that would help students learn to feed themselves in a sustainable way passed through the Senate Committee on Education on Wednesday afternoon.
Senate Bill 376 would establish the Farm to School Program, which aims to educate students on how to produce food, as well as establish a network of local farmers to produce healthy public school meals. The bill passed through the Senate Committee on Agriculture on Tuesday afternoon.
If the bill also passes through the Senate Finance Committee and the rest of the legislative process, the farm to school program would provide public school students with locally grown foods in school meals and snacks, and additional health and nutrition education. Read More…
Marina Riker
Honolulu Civil Beat
February 18, 2015
