HRS §302A-405.5
Creating a farm to school program and coordinator
This section sets up a Hawaii farm to school program inside the state education department. The program aims to improve student health, teach about farming, and get more local food into public schools. A coordinator will lead the program and work with partners to increase local food use and farm education.
state agencies
The statute, as written — Hawaii farm to school program; farm to school coordinator
(a) There is established within the department a Hawaii farm to school program. The purpose of the farm to school program shall be to: (1) Improve student health; (2) Develop an educated agricultural workforce; (3) Enrich the local food system through the support and increase of local food procurement for the State's public schools; (4) Accelerate garden and farm-based education for the State's public school students; and (5) Expand the relationships between public schools and agricultural communities. (b) The Hawaii farm to school program shall be headed by a farm to school coordinator who shall work in collaboration with the appropriate stakeholders to address the issues of supply, demand, procurement, and consumption of Hawaii-grown foods in state facilities, primarily education facilities, and take reasonable steps to incorporate more agriculture and nutrition education in schools.
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