The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 6 V.S.A. § 4719)
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§ 4719. Purpose and State goal
(a) Purpose. It is the purpose of this chapter to establish a farm-to-school program to:
(1) encourage Vermont residents in developing healthy and lifelong habits of eating nutritious
local foods;
(2) maximize use by Vermont schools of fresh and locally grown, produced, or processed
food;
(3) work with partners to establish a food, farm, and nutrition education program that
educates Vermont students regarding healthy eating habits through the use of educational
materials, classes, and hands-on techniques that inform students of the connections
between farming and the foods that students consume;
(4) increase the size and stability of direct sales markets available to farmers; and
(5) increase participation of Vermont students in child nutrition programs by increasing
the selection of available foods.
(b) State Farm-to-School Network goal. It is the goal of the Farm-to-School Program to establish a food system that by 2025:
(1) engages 75 percent of Vermont schools in an integrated food system education program
that incorporates community-based learning; and
(2) purchases 50 percent of food from local or regional food sources. (Added 2017, No. 63, § 1.)