As Schools Buy More Local Food, Kids Throw Less Food In The Trash [NPR.org]

Samantha Sangenito 10/21/1512:00 PM

More and more schools are trying to serve meals with food that was grown nearby. The U.S. Department of Agriculture just released some statistics documenting the trend.

According to this "census" of farm-to-school programs, at least 42,000 schools spent almost $600 million on local food during the 2013-2014 school year. That's up almost 50 percent from the previous census, conducted two years earlier. (Both "censuses" were actually a questionnaire that the USDA sent to schools.)

[For more of this story, written by Dan Charles, go to http://www.npr.org/sections/th...ss-food-in-the-trash]

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