Farm to School support from USDA

Kind of exciting news from USDA for the farm to school movement:

http://www.fns.usda.gov/cga/PressReleases/2009/PR-0441.htm

"USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) will team together and form 'Farm to School Tactical Teams' to assist school administrators as they transition to purchasing more locally grown foods. "

I've talked with Randy briefly about it and I know there are all kinds of barriers, but it just seems so promising in general. As someone who works at USDA, it's also really nice to see how quickly USDA is getting behind these efforts. The movement has already been taking off and with USDA support, removal of barriers, etc, there just might be some real changes in school lunch! Just thought I'd pass on the news.

Constance