加州「农场到学校」计划转为长期拨款 已投8600万美元、惠及420万名学生
加州州长办公室与加州食品与农业部10月16日公布，在兰乔科尔多瓦的 Soil Born Farms 举行的全州「农场到学校」峰会上，第一伴侣珍妮弗·西贝尔·纽森与州官员共同盘点了这一全国领先项目的进展。州政府同时宣布，该计划的孵化器拨款已通过2026-27年度州预算转为长期（持续性）拨款，把加州本地农产品送进校园食堂的做法将制度化延续。
州长办公室公布的数字显示：该计划已通过孵化器拨款投入8600万美元，资助375个「农场到学校」项目，惠及420万名加州公立学校学生；受资助学校中80%为第一类（Title I）学校，受资助农户100%为中小型或社会经济弱势生产者；州政府估算，农户拨款每投入1美元，可带动约2.10美元的经济活动。配合2021年起加州在全美率先推行的公立学校免费早午餐政策，全州迄今已供应约35亿份免费校餐。
加州食品与农业部长凯伦·罗斯在峰会上表示，该计划的影响难以估量，学校能为学生提供更健康的本地食材，学生更了解食物来源，农场也从长期合作中受益。州长纽森表示：「我们把新鲜的、加州本地种出来的食物送上学生的餐盘，为本地农场创造更多机会，也为我们的社区和气候建设更强大的食物系统。」（GSM 据加州州长办公室与加州食品农业部发布）
California Makes Farm to School Funding Permanent; $86 Million Invested, 4.2 Million Students Reached
California's governor's office and the California Department of Food and Agriculture announced on October 16, at the statewide Farm to School Summit held at Soil Born Farms in Rancho Cordova, that First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom joined state officials to mark the progress of the state's nation-leading Farm to School program. The state also announced that funding for the program's Incubator Grant Program has been made permanent through ongoing funding in the 2026-27 state budget, institutionalizing the effort to bring California-grown food into school cafeterias.
According to figures released by the governor's office, the program has invested $86 million through the incubator grants, funded 375 Farm to School projects, and benefits 4.2 million California public school students. Eighty percent of grantee schools are Title I schools, and 100 percent of farmer grantees are small, mid-sized, or socially and economically disadvantaged producers. The state estimates that every $1 invested through farmer grants generates about $2.10 in economic activity. Combined with California's universal school meals policy — the state in 2021 became the first in the nation to guarantee free breakfast and lunch to every public school student — roughly 3.5 billion free school meals have been served statewide.
California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross said at the summit that the program's impact is hard to overstate, with schools better equipped to serve healthy local food, students gaining a deeper understanding of where their food comes from, and farms benefiting from ongoing partnerships. Governor Gavin Newsom said: "We're putting fresh, California-grown food on school trays, creating more opportunity for local farms, and building a stronger food system for our communities and our climate." (GSM, based on releases from the Governor's Office and the California Department of Food and Agriculture)
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图片来源：图：美国学校食堂供餐场景（资料照片）。图片来源：Wikimedia Commons，美国农业部发布，公共领域。Photo: A school cafeteria meal service in the United States (file photo). Source: Wikimedia Commons, U.S. Department of Agriculture, public domain.
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