Food activists, parents, and consumers were happy to hear that Congress recently passed the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act. Ellen Gray, Executive Director of the Washington Sustainable Food & Farming Network (WSFFN) reports, "This is the first major improvement in school meal programs in more than three decades. We made real strides in getting local farm fresh food to school children."

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) also noted that calls to legislators on this bill helped win $4.5 billion over ten years to raise the nutritional standards of food in schools, $40 million in mandatory funding for the new Farm to School Program to bring more farm fresh foods to school lunch trays: healthier options, children consuming more fruits and vegetables, and lifetime improvements in academic achievement and diet.

For more details, see WSFFN website and the NSAC website.