Teachers, Farmers, Advocates Urge Voters to Approve New Tax for School Meals and Food Stamps in November

Teachers, farmers, advocates urge voters to approve new tax for school meals and food stamps in November

Teachers, farmers and food advocacy groups launched their campaign Tuesday for two initiatives on the ballot this November that would continue providing free meals to public school children and help shore up the federal food stamp program for Coloradans after the Trump administration made cuts to it. Colorado voters will decide in November whether to raise taxes on those who earn more than $300,000 per year to fund the initiatives, known as LL a…

Advocates launch campaign to fully fund Colorado’s universal school meals program

Shannon Thompson, public policy and legislative chair for the Colorado School Nutrition Association, speaks at an event in support of two ballot measures that would shore up funding for the state's school meals program, in Lakewood on Tuesday. (Photo by Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)Parents, educators and anti-hunger advocates gathered at a community farm in Lakewood on Tuesday to launch a campaign in support of two Colorado ballot measures t…