More funding for Michigan’s child nutrition programs to source local foods is adding value to the state’s ag economy but running into challenges along the supply chain.
The state plans to invest more than $9 million in the 10 Cents a Meal for Michigan’s Kids and Farms program in the 2023 fiscal year.
Wendy Crowley, Farm to Program Consultant for the Michigan Department of Education, oversees the program.
“One of our largest barriers is the way most medium to large school districts get all of their groceries through a broad-line distributor,” she says.
