Bill > HR1768

This bill, the Farm to School Act of 2021, aims to reauthorize and expand the farm to school program. The key provisions of the bill include: defining "farm to school program" to include activities like planting and maintaining farms or gardens, procurement from local agricultural producers, and educational activities related to agriculture, nutrition, or food; expanding the eligible entities for the program to include land-grant colleges and universities; allowing Tribal agencies to use certain federal funds to satisfy the non-federal share requirement; incorporating more experiential and culturally appropriate food, nutrition, and agricultural education activities; and increasing technical assistance, research, and information sharing to support the program, particularly for beginning, veteran, and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. The bill also increases the annual mandatory funding for the program from $5 million to $15 million.