fresh fruit and vegetable program

• Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program

This proposed rule would establish the basic requirements for the operation of the (FFVP) in conformance with the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. It would set forth administrative and operational requirements for FFVP operators at the State and local levels. The intent of these provisions is to ensure that the FFVP encourages the consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables by elementary school children, thus improving their dietary habits and long-term health.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 10981, February 24, 2012
• Proposed rules
• Food and Nutrition Service

• Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 13015, March 05, 2012
• Proposed rules
• Food and Nutrition Service

• The Shape We're In: ; Theyre Focusing Better in Class; Mingo County Stages Breakfast Revolution in Schools

KERMIT - On a chilly morning, at 8:20 a.m., coal trucks rumbled past Mingo County's Kermit K-8 School. Inside, a cook was starting to sear 60 pounds of beef for homemade beef stew for lunch. Another was stirring cornbread batter for 342 kids. A third was starting crust for enormous berry cobblers. We're cooking for a lot more kids this year," said veteran head cook Lena Lackey. Mingo is one of the state's least prosperous counties, yet all Mingo schools are making food from scratch, five days a week, serving meals free to all children, as part of a seven- county pilot project.

... less fattening meals five days a week from fresh ingredients. "In the coalfields, it's not always p... said, "but we're managing to have fresh fruits and vegetables every day. "We want to educate thes...They like the afternoon snack program, too, he said. Every afternoon, all Mingo elementa...

• Charleston Gazette
• April 10, 2012

• Chino Valley, Pomona Students to Eat Healthier, From $11 Million in Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grants

Students at some Inland Empire schools will be eating healthier in the coming school year, thanks to federal grant money. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced Tuesday that 342 schools across California will split $11.1 million in Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program grants.

• Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
• August 08, 2012

• Primaira, LLC to Advance Technology for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Quality Through Army Program.

WOBURN, Mass. -- Primaira, LLC, a product development and commercialization company in Woburn MA, today announced it has been identified by the US Arm...

• Business Wire
• December 17, 2009

• Kids Get a Taste of Healthy Eating

Move over, pretzels. New Jersey students are snacking on local produce this year. As the nation continues its battle against childhood obesity, the federal Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program is bringing sweet potatoes, carrots and other natural treats into 33 schools statewide.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• December 23, 2008

• Fruits, Vegetables Program Set for 3 Bn Schools

BLOOMINGTON - Three Bloomington schools are among 267 schools in Illinois chosen to participate in the federal Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program in the coming school year. The schools will share equally in more than $4.9 million, up from last year's $4.7 million that served 215 schools, the Illinois State Board of Education announced Monday. More than 400 schools applied.

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• July 25, 2012

• Sad 4 Participates in Fruit-Veggie Effort

GUILFORD - SAD 4 has received a $24,760 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant through the federal government's fresh fruit and vegetable program. The grant, applied for by SAD 4 Food Services Director Roxanne Chase, enables pupils in kindergarten through grade eight to receive a daily snack in addition to the regular lunch served daily. The snacks are served in the morning or afternoon, depending on the classroom schedule.

• Bangor Daily News
• October 12, 2009

• Pitcairn Students Acquire Taste for Studying About Fruits and Veggies

Pitcairn Elementary students are getting a chance to chow down with a healthy snack and learn a thing or two about it. Thanks to a $12,383 Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Grant through the Pennsylvania Department of Education, one of only 81 distributed to elementary schools throughout the state, the school's 175 students get a chance to eat anything from raw broccoli to kiwi three times a week -- while teachers get a chance to show students some background behind the food and promote healthy eating habits.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• November 24, 2009

• We Must Stop Living and Dying This Way

I have been working hard with my colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus to ensure that we address these broader issues through legislation. Over the summer we passed the Farm Bill, which makes vital expansions to the nutrition programs that help 35 million low-income families. Included is an expansion of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Snack Program that provides all schoolchildren with the opportunity to eat healthfully, as well as a program that provides vouchers to lowincome seniors for purchasing fresh fruits and vegetables from farmers' markets. I grew up looking forward to joining my family after church for a delicious feast of fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, and other Southern delights. For all the joys of these traditional dinners, however, even thinking about them now i...

• Chicago Defender
• August 21, 2009