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As a member and former chairman of the Senate Agriculture
Committee, I have helped lead the fight in Congress against hunger and I
believe that every family should have the ability to put a healthy meal on
the dinner table. We have long known the important
role nutritional foods play in healthy lifestyles, especially for
children.
This section
of my website is designed to provide you with
additional information about federal programs that help fight hunger in
America and
provide millions of healthy meals to children and families. Please click on the links
below for more information.
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Learn More about Senator Leahy's Work on Nutrition and Hunger
Issues:
On June 25th, the Senate passed a
reauthorization of the Child Nutrition and WIC programs which was signed into
law by the President on June 30th. This reauthorization will renew and
improve the School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, the Summer Food Service
Program, the Child and Adult Care Food Program, and the Special Supplemental
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). During debate of
this bill I worked to ensure that dairy products remain a vital part of the
federal school meals program by retaining requirements in federal school
nutrition programs to require schools to offer milk as part of a healthy school
meal plan. I also am pleased that the Senate agreed to my proposal for a
farm-to-cafeteria program that will bring fresh foods from local farms into the
cafeteria. These provisions and more mean that millions of children and
their families will be better served by the federal child nutrition programs.
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