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Farm to School: National Policy Opportunities and Updates from the USDA Farm to School Team Session 2: Tuesday, May 18 th 4-5:30pm

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Agenda <ul><li>Welcome/Introductions (5 min) </li></ul><ul><li>Introduction to the One Tray Team (10 min) </li></ul><ul><li>Updates from the USDA Farm to School Team (25 min) </li></ul><ul><li>Farm to School in the Child Nutrition Act Reauthorization (25 min) </li></ul><ul><li>Q&A Panel Discussion (25 min) </li></ul>

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NOURISHING THE NATION ONE TRAY AT A TIME www.onetray.org

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The One Tray Team <ul><li>Community Food Security Coalition </li></ul><ul><li>National Farm to School Network </li></ul><ul><li>School Food FOCUS </li></ul>

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What Can USDA Do? <ul><li>Commonly referred to as the “Can Do” document </li></ul><ul><li>A ten-point roadmap for national coordination between government and partners </li></ul><ul><li>National teams of experts </li></ul>

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USDA Farm to School Teams <ul><li>Geographic Preference Rule: comments due June 18 th </li></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Details on the National Farm to School Network website: www.farmtoschool.org </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><li>Nationally Coordinated Research Agenda </li></ul><ul><li>USDA Foods (formerly Commodities Program), DoD Fresh pilot Ideas </li></ul>

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Visit www.onetray.org to access: <ul><li>One Tray and “Can Do” documents </li></ul><ul><li>Further Background Information </li></ul><ul><li>Policy Updates </li></ul><ul><li>Two Great videos: </li></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Priceless </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Lunch Encounters of the Third Kind </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><li>Ideas for Action </li></ul>

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Updates from the USDA Farm to School Team <ul><li>Charles Parrot, Associate Deputy Administrator, </li></ul><ul><li>Agricultural Marketing Service </li></ul><ul><li>Loren LaCorte, Farm to School Team Lead, </li></ul><ul><li>Food and Nutrition Services, Special Nutrition Programs </li></ul>

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Farm to School in the Child Nutrition Act Reauthorization <ul><li>Kate Fitzgerald, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition </li></ul><ul><li>Megan Lott, National Farm to School Network and Community Food Security Coalition </li></ul>

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Child Nutrition Act Reauthorization <ul><li>What is CNR? </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Occurs Every 5 years </li></ul></ul><ul><li>What programs are included? </li></ul><ul><ul><li>NSLP, SBP, CACFP, Summer Food, WIC (including WIC FMNP), FFVP, Special Milk Program </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Committees of Jurisdiction </li></ul><ul><ul><li>House: Education and Labor Committee </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Senate: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry </li></ul></ul>

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Farm to School Collaborative <ul><li>The Farm to School Collaborative was formed in April 2009 </li></ul><ul><li>Involved Groups: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Community Food Security Coalition </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>National Farm to School Network </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>School Food FOCUS </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Wallace Center at Winrock International </li></ul></ul><ul><li>This Collaborative has been advocating for the inclusion of $50 million in mandatory funding for a Farm to School Competitive Grants Program in CNR. </li></ul>

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What We’ve Done <ul><li>Held 2 Congressional Briefings on Capitol Hill in Feb 2009 </li></ul><ul><li>LOTS OF MEETINGS WITH LEGISLATORS! </li></ul><ul><li>TWO Main Farm to School Bills Introduced: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>HOUSE: The Farm to School Improvements Act of 2010 – introduced by Rep. Rush Holt (NJ) </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>SENATE: The Growing Farm to School Improvements Act of 2010 – introduced by Sen. Patrick Leahy (VT) </li></ul></ul><ul><li>National Farm to School Support letters to Leadership </li></ul>

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HOUSE SENATE Baldwin (WI-2) McGovern (MA-3) Bennet (CO) Murray (WA) Blumenauer (OR-3) McIntyre (NC-7) Brown (OH) Sanders (VT) Boyd (FL-2) Meek (FL-17) Casey (PA) Schumer (NY) Carnahan (MO-3) Miller (CA-7) Durbin (IL) Shaeen (NH) Clarke (NY-11) Pallone (NJ-6) Franken (MN) Specter (PA) Dahlkemper (PA-3) Polis (CO-2) Gillibrand (NY) Stabenow (MI) Davis (TN-4) Ross (AR-4) Harkin (IA) Tester (MT) Ellison (MN-5) Rothman (NJ-9) Klobuchar (MN) Udall (NM) Grijalva (AZ-7) Schakowsky (IL-9) Merkley (OR) Johnson (GA-4) Scott (VA-3) Kagen (WI-8) Sestak (PA-7) Kaptur (OH-9) Shuler (NC-11) Kennedy (RI-1) Welch (VT) Loebsack (IA-2)

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Where We Are Now? Senate <ul><li>Leahy Bill incorporated into Senate Ag Marker Bill </li></ul><ul><li>Other provisions of Senate Marker bill: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Improved nutritional quality and reimbursement </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Increased access </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Better program integrity </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>$4.5 billion total cost </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>http://ag.senate.gov/site/legislation.html </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Next step -- Senate floor </li></ul>

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Where Are We Now? House <ul><li>Holt bill </li></ul><ul><li>No House Committee meetings or Chairman’s Mark </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Hope for action by Memorial Day </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Paying for the bill in the House – jurisdictional issues </li></ul><ul><li>House Agriculture Committee – what they will and won’t do </li></ul><ul><li>House Ways and Means Committee </li></ul>

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Why Isn’t the Bill Moving? <ul><li>Other pressing issues on legislative schedule </li></ul><ul><li>Divisions within advocacy community – fight for President’s full $10 billion or settle for less? </li></ul><ul><li>Finding the money to pay for it– offsets or “new” money from Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees? </li></ul>

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How Can You Help? <ul><li>House member letter to leadership asking for action </li></ul><ul><li>Pending Senate member letter to leadership to take action </li></ul><ul><li>Pending organizational sign on letter asking for action and more funding </li></ul>