Home Grown School Lunches
Home Grown School Lunches
A Florida program helps school districts partner with local farms to get fresh vegetables for school lunches. Joelle Parks reports.
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" Not your usual cafeteria the usual large student's -- elementary are actually eating all of their fruits and veggies and a lot of kids to choose to get up. Fresh for our of the vegetables it's out of the cooking this -- here encouraged to try new foods. -- adventure. And it's very important to have tried to -- got -- as one of nine districts statewide chosen to participate in the grown in schools program. It appears schools with -- to me it went straight home theater this is something that Adam yeah must not turn out and the long run. Here's an example of a typical Amy -- ticking on its Walgreen grad. -- fat like health and corn grown right here in Florida I think it's very important for our children to know that press. Fruits and vegetables can come right from their backyard. That -- then bell peppers come from Florida's special teams and blue ribbon -- The company is horrible things in a --"
" If we have a product that is has a date code on it and we have to. -- and we can't necessarily transported out of Florida. We can contact our local customers and they can take the product offer hands and it'll be just wonderful wonderful for both sides are able to lower the price. It's still look great product and in -- we both it's a win on multiple levels."
" Especially for kids at schools like park's side. That have high poverty rates have fresh credit specials are very -- and -- and you know not many people of importance on this is a good way for them to get a piece here. If the program -- hopes to expand and mr. slightly in Charlotte. Hope they too can you apart."
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