Many state governors and state legislators support farm to school efforts and in Arkansas the following proclamations, initiatives, and bills have prioritized farm to school.
In 2014, then-governor Mike Beebe first proclaimed October as Arkansas Farm to School Month. Governor Asa Hutchinson has continued the tradition every year since. Watch the 2020 Proclamation here.
The governor-endorsed Healthy Active Arkansas Initiative was sparked by the state’s consistently poor ranking with respect to obesity rates and as a way to encourage and enable healthier lifestyles in Arkansas. The single, overarching goal is to increase the percentage of adults, adolescents and children who are at healthy weight. Learn more here.
This bill created a definition of what is local in Arkansas. It also required state agencies who receive $25,000 from the state and operate a food program to report annually on their local food purchases. View here.
This bill established the Farm to School and Early Childhood Education Program and a position for a full-time Farm to School and Early Childhood Education Program Coordinator within the Arkansas Department of Agriculture. The bill also requires an annual report from state farm to school partners. View here.
This bill amended the 2017 House Bill 1839: Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act. It increased the goal to at least 20 percent and expanded the number of institutions required to report local food purchases. View here.
This bill established that the school wellness policies may include language promoting school gardens. It also described that the Arkansas Department of Agriculture may provide a local incentive program at public school districts and open-enrollment public charter schools in an amount not to exceed ten cents ($.10) for each school meal that uses local farm […]
Wakurugenzi wengi wa jimbo na wabunge wa jimbo wanaunga mkono juhudi za shamba kwenda shule na huko Arkansas matangazo yafuatayo, mipango, na muswada umeweka kipaumbele shamba kwenda shule. Mwaka 2014, Gavana Mike Beebe alitangaza Oktoba kuwa mwezi wa Shule ya Shamba la Arkansas. Gavana Asa Hutchinson ameendelea na utamaduni huo kila mwaka tangu wakati huo. Tazama taarifa ya 2020 hapa. Mpango wa Arkansas wenye afya uliopitishwa na gavana ulisababishwa na kiwango cha chini cha hali ya ugonjwa wa kunona kupita kiasi na kama njia ya kuhamasisha na kuwezesha mtindo wa maisha wenye afya huko Arkansas. Lengo moja kuu ni kuongeza asilimia ya watu wazima, matineja na watoto ambao wana uzito mzuri. Jifunze zaidi hapa. Muswada huu uliunda ufafanuzi wa kile kilicho cha ndani katika Arkansas. Sheria hiyo pia inahitaji mashirika ya serikali yanayopokea dola 25,000 kutoka kwa serikali na kuendesha programu ya chakula kutoa ripoti ya kila mwaka juu ya ununuzi wao wa chakula cha ndani. Tazama hapa. Mkataba huo ulizindua mpango wa Shule ya Shamba na Elimu ya Utotoni na nafasi ya Mratibu wa Programu ya Shule ya Shamba na Elimu ya Utotoni ya wakati wote ndani ya Idara ya Kilimo ya Arkansas. Muswada huo pia unahitaji ripoti ya kila mwaka kutoka shamba la serikali kwa washirika wa shule. Tazama hapa. Sheria hiyo ilibadilisha sheria ya mwaka wa 2017 ya House Bill 1839: Sheria ya Chakula cha Mitaa, Mashamba, na Kazi. Mkataba huo uliongeza lengo hilo hadi asilimia 20 na kupanua idadi ya taasisi zinazohitajika kuripoti ununuzi wa chakula cha ndani. Tazama hapa. Muswada huu uliweka kwamba sera za ustawi wa shule zinaweza kujumuisha lugha inayotangaza bustani za shule. """Wakati mwingine, Idara ya Kilimo ya Arkansas inaweza kutoa mpango wa kichocheo cha ndani katika wilaya za shule za umma na shule za umma za mkataba wa uandikishaji wazi kwa kiasi kisichozidi senti kumi kwa kila chakula cha shule kinachotumia mashamba ya ndani."