Ron Wyden: "Oregon schools receive millions of dollars per year in federal school lunch assistance and yet they are required to spend that money almost anywhere but Oregon."

PolitiFact Oregon:

The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Ron Wyden says food served in Oregon schools comes from 'almost anywhere but Oregon'

When the Senate was debating the farm bill recently, Sen. Ron Wyden highlighted the haphazard nature of the way food is purchased and provided to the school lunch program. His point was simple: A lot of the food that ends up in school kitchens comes from points far away from the schools serving it. Using local sources of food might be cheaper, he argued, and it certainly would be more nutritious. Wyden offered an amendment that would establish pilot programs at five locations nationwide to see if using local food could be both ... >> More

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