Federal farm-to-school funding withers, devastates school lunch programs

Federal farm-to-school funding withers, devastates school lunch programs

Dawn Kelley, director of food services at Portage Township Schools, was at an event intended to celebrate the success of the National Farm to School Lunch Program when she found out the federal program’s funding was canceled. It turned into a funeral dirge for the program instead. In Northwest Indiana, the program has allowed the Northwest Indiana Food Council to provide 2 million pounds of fresh foods to 134 schools, she said. The program trans…