农业部投入逾7700万美元加强学校餐：农场到学校拨款今年逾4700万美元创历史新高
美国农业部（USDA）食品与营养管理局10月30日在华盛顿宣布两项加强学校餐的重大投入：追加逾2,700万美元的「帕特里克·莱希农场到学校拨款」（Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grants），并开放另行提供的5,000万美元「国家学校午餐计划设备补助」（NSLP Equipment Assistance Grants）。两项投入合计逾7,700万美元，将帮助学校采购更多本地食品、加强与农户和生产者的合作、把营养与农业教育带给学童，并更新食堂基础设施。
农业部介绍，这批农场到学校资金使该计划2026年的支持总额超过4,700万美元、覆盖全国149个项目，是该计划有史以来最大的年度投入；今年4月与7月，农业部已先后公布多批农场到学校资助。设备补助则在此前8月公布的安排基础上追加，以非竞争方式向各州机构提供资金，用于冷藏、炉灶等食堂升级，帮助学校烹制与供应新鲜、本地采购的食品。
这项宣布是农业部「从收获到走廊」（Harvest to Hallways）倡议的一部分，该倡议是特朗普政府改善学校餐常识性行动的最新阶段，意在扩大美国农业与全国学童之间的联系，并为学校落实农业部「更健康学校餐承诺」提供支持与资源。
「每个孩子都值得在午餐盘里吃到由美国农民与牧场主种养的真正营养食品，这正是『从收获到走廊』要实现的事。」农业部长布鲁克·罗林斯（Brooke L. Rollins）说，「在特朗普总统领导下，我们作出了农场到学校史上最大的投资，并为学校食堂配备设备，让它们每天都能供应健康可口的餐食。」
卫生与公众服务部部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪说：「让美国再次健康，从我们放进孩子餐盘的东西开始。」他表示，这批投入把真正的食物放在学校餐的中心，支持养活全国的农民，并帮助孩子从小养成终身受益的健康习惯。
来源：GSM·美国
USDA Invests More Than $77 Million in School Meals as Farm to School Funding Tops $47 Million in 2026, a Record
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Administration announced in Washington on October 30 two major investments to strengthen school meals: more than $27 million in additional Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grants and the availability of an additional $50 million in National School Lunch Program (NSLP) Equipment Assistance Grants. Together, the investments total more than $77 million and will help schools procure more local foods, strengthen partnerships with farmers and producers, connect school children to nutrition and agricultural education, and modernize cafeteria infrastructure.
The Farm to School funding brings total support in 2026 to more than $47 million across 149 projects nationwide, the largest annual investment in the program's history; USDA announced earlier rounds of farm to school awards in April and July. Building on awards announced in August, the additional NSLP Equipment Assistance Grants will provide state agencies with non-competitive funding to support cafeteria upgrades, including cold storage, stoves, and other modern equipment that help schools prepare and serve fresh, locally sourced foods.
The announcement builds on USDA's Harvest to Hallways initiative, the newest phase of the Trump Administration's actions to improve school meals by expanding connections between American agriculture and America's school children, and provides support for schools implementing USDA's Pledge for Healthier School Meals.
"Every child deserves real, nutritious food grown by American farmers and ranchers on their lunch tray, and that is exactly what Harvest to Hallways delivers," said Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins. "Under President Trump's leadership, we are making the largest investment in farm to school in history and equipping school cafeterias to serve healthy, wholesome meals every day."
"Making America Healthy Again starts with what we put on our children's plates," said Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., adding that the investments put real food at the center of school meals, support the farmers who feed the country, and help children build healthy habits for life.
Source: GSM · USA
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