Authorizes the commissioner of the department of agriculture and markets to conduct a study on Vermont's VT-FEED program and make recommendations on how a similar program may be implemented in New York.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1471
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 9, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to authorize and direct the commissioner of the department of
agriculture and markets to study leaders in farm-to-school program
development so that a knowledge clearinghouse may be established
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The commissioner of the department of agriculture and
2 markets is hereby authorized and directed to conduct a study on the
3 Vermont Food Education Every Day program, a national leader in farm-to-
4 school program development, and its parent organizations, Shelburne
5 Farms and the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont. Special
6 attention should be given to: the program models; philosophies; curric-
7 ulum integration approach; and staff training programs utilized by the
8 Vermont Food Education Every Day program.
9 § 2. Within one year of the effective date of this act the commission-
10 er of agriculture and markets shall deliver a report of his or her find-
11 ings and recommendations, including proposed legislation to the governor
12 and the legislature. The report should describe with particularity how a
13 program, similar in resources and approach to that of the Vermont Food
14 Education Every Day program, may be implemented in this state.
15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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