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Podcast: MID-WEST FARM REPORT - MADISON
Episode: Funding Cut Makes Farm-To-School More Difficult
Description: When national food supply chains broke during the COVID-19 pandemic, the government came up with the Local Food for Schools program. It directed money to help schools buy food from local farms. Wisconsin schools were supposed to get another $9 million this year, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture canceled the program. Today we’re talking with Ashwaubenon School District Nutrition Coordinator Kaitlin Tauriainen. She says she won’t stop trying to bring local food into the menu, but it’s going to be harder. Kaitlin is also the president of the School Nutrition Association of Wisconsin. She says nutrit...