Michigan’s state budget is funding free public school lunch and breakfasts next year and continuing incentives to purchase locally sourced produce.
Wendy Crowley tells Brownfield the 10 Cents a Meal for Michigan’s Kids and Farms program expands school nutrition dollars to purchase eligible fruits, vegetables, and dry beans.
“It can be washed and chopped and packaged,” she shares. “It can be frozen, it can be dehydrated, but it can’t be cooked or canned, so Michigan applesauce is not reimbursable through 10 Cents a Meal but Michigan apples are.”
Crowley works as the Farm to Program Consultant for the Michigan Department of Education and oversees the funding.
