Virginia farm-to-school task force bill signed into law
Also in this week’s K-12 legislative update: Maryland lawmakers pass bill that would analyze the cost of setting up a universal free school meals program and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says yes to extra funding to continue universal free school meals.
Foodworks challenges its partners to recipe contest spotlighting peanuts
Foodworks, Compass Group’s national restaurant incubator, recently launched its first Annual Global Street Food Competition, in collaboration with the National Peanut Board.
Also in this week’s K-12 legislation update: Lawmakers pen a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture asking that potatoes remain a vegetable in the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and a pair of bills in Virginia that would set up a farm-to-school task force head to the governor for signature.