Fresh Produce Programs Are Win-Winners

"At two Bremerton elementary schools, kids are vegging out — with their teachers' encouragement.

Students at Armin Jahr and West Hills elementaries are benefiting from separate federal and state programs with the same goal: more fresh fruits and vegetables in their diets.

This spring, Washington lawmakers passed Local Farms-Healthy Kids legislation, with funding to connect schools with Washington farmers and produce distributors. Armin Jahr Elementary received a $26,000 grant — part of the new law's appropriation of $600,000 for schools statewide with high percentages of low-income students...."