Schools have become food pantries for children, and meanwhile farmers in some regions are plowing under crops due to closed restaurants and schools. Funding 10 Cents a Meal will pay farmers and feed kids.
10 Cents a Meal vetoed. Can it be restored?
We owe our children the best health and learning future possible, and school lunches loaded with fat, carbohydrates and sugar won’t help. Let your legislator know you want to see funding passed for 10 Cents a Meal to get nutrient-rich, healthy local food into school lunches!
10 Cents a Meal was vetoed from the state budget. Here’s how it can be restored.
Michigan Governor Whitmer used her line-item veto to cut funding from the nationally acclaimed 10 Cents a Meal farm to school lunch initiative for fy19-20. Groundwork’s Diane Conners shares ideas on how we can persuade lawmakers to resurrect the funding.
LEGISLATIVE ALERT! Help Make 10 Cents a Meal Available Statewide. Contact Your Legislators This Week!
Above: Wendy Christensen, Food Production Manager at Flint Community Schools, which is one of 57 current 10 Cents a Meal grantees. Photo at Eisenhower Elementary, by Steven Hanna. This is historic: All three branches of Michigan government have included 10 Cents a...
Local Food Leadership at East Jordan Public Schools
A passionate local food advocate who also happens to be the food service director at East Jordan public schools is upping the health factor of cafeteria lunches (with some help from the 10 Cents a Meal funding program!).
It Began With One School, One Farmer One Vegetable …
Groundwork Board Chair Roger Newton highlights the importance of our work and the value of sustaining it.