Bill > A3811

Introduced Session

This bill would establish a farm-based education program, called the "Adopt-a-Farm" school partnership program in public schools. The level of involvement between the school and the farm will be determined by each partnership. Students may be involved in supplying materials, preparing soil for planting, planting crops, harvesting, gleaning, setting up an irrigation system, ploughing a field, cutting grass, tilling beds, watering plants, weeding, milking cows, feeding animals, cleaning pens, general maintenance, and participating in the daily chores of running the farm. This program should serve to increase awareness of the important role that local, fresh produce plays in promoting good health and of its availability in the State, as well as develop an educated agricultural workforce and accelerate garden and farm-based education for public school students in the State.

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Bob Andrzejczak (D)*,  Ronald Dancer (R)*,  Eric Houghtaling (D)*,  Clinton Calabrese (D),  Parker Space (R),  Adam Taliaferro (D), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee (on 04/05/2018)