A ripe market

by Renee Stern
url: http://www.growermagazine.com/Archive/ArticleLanding/tabid/57/Default.aspx?...
Published: Fri, Jul 2nd, 2010
Opportunities in the expanding school food markets are ripe for growers to explore. “This is the peak era,” says Anupama Joshi, program director for the National Farm to School Program in Los Angeles. “It’s all hit a tipping point.” <br/> <br/> Congress is weighing funding proposals and the U.S. Department of Agriculture is expected to streamline its programs, she says. Attention from the Obama administration, including the first lady’s work with school gardens and nutrition, also helps.