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<strong>14</strong>CHAPTER 02: BACKGROUNDFigure 4: The Policy Process: The Chicken or the Egg? 15EVALUATION FOR TRANSFORMATION
CHAPTER 02: BACKGROUND15local fruits and vegetables and a food and agricultureservice-learning program in section 4201 and 4202 17 .As described in the examples above, the demand forfarm to school activities in schools and communitiescan drive policy change.Some policies affect farm to school activities directly,such as dedicated state positions, or the geographicpreference procurement rule; others may have amore indirect impact. Below are a few examples offederal, state and local policies that can support farmto school.Federal Policy• The Child Nutrition Act Reauthorization (CNR):In 2004, for the first time ever, the CNR establisheda federal farm to school program, though it wasunfunded. With increased demand and supportfrom communities and Congress alike, the HealthyHunger-Free Kids Act (or CNR 2010), provided$5 million per year in mandatory funding for theFarm to School Grant Program. The USDA’s Foodand Nutrition Service now administers this grantprogram. This act also required school districts toadopt local wellness policies.State Policy• State legislation, agency programs andinstitutional policies: Farm to school programsare more likely to occur in states with supportivelegislation 18 . In 2013, 38 states and Washington,D.C., have passed policies supporting farm toschool. In 2012 and 2013 alone, 20 states passedfarm to school legislation and 17 others introducedlegislation supportive of farm to school 16 .• The Common Core State Standards Initiative: Astate-led initiative in the education sector set forthlearning goals to help prepare students for college,career and life 19 . Farm to school education andschool gardening activities will be most impactfulif they align to these standards in support ofeducation goals.Local Policy• Local school district and school wellness policieswere supported through the 2004 Child NutritionReauthorization that required that all schooldistricts receiving federal funds for school mealprograms adopt a local wellness policy. Manyschool districts have included language in theirwellness policies to encourage farm to school.Schools may develop and adopt their own wellnesspolicies that expand on the district’s template 20 .• School district procurement policies: Schoolshave significant purchasing power and throughpolicy can encourage the production of and accessto healthy, local foods in their communities. Forexample, the Los Angeles Unified School Districtsigned on to the city’s “Good Food PurchasingPledge” in October 2012 21 .• School district fundraising policies: Smart policiescan support a wide variety of farm to schoolrelatedfundraising endeavors, such as allowinga farm stand on the school campus or creatingcriteria for products included in fundraising efforts.• Cities are beginning to explore their role in farm toschool. Here are some specific examples:• Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) CitiesInitiative: The campaign suggests policiescities can use to support and align with farm toschool program activities 22 .• Good Food Purchasing Program Los Angeles:A comprehensive and metric-based foodpurchasing policy, developed by the LAFood Policy Council. Los Angeles UnifiedSchool District became the first schooldistrict in the country to sign the Good FoodPurchasing Pledge 21 .• Food policy councils (FPCs): FPCs can bestatewide, regional or at the city level. ManyFPCs have made farm to school a priority,working to remove barriers for communities toimplement farm to school core elements, suchas local procurement. Of the 270 FPCs listed inthe Directory of Food Policy Councils in NorthAmerica, 33 specifically list food access orgardening in schools as a top priority 23 .NATIONAL FARM TO SCHOOL NETWORK
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