Baltimore City Public Schools Chef Technician Michele Cooper spoke with U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Secretary Tom Vilsack at Hamilton Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore, MD, following the Secretary's highlight of the USDA national campaign to expand access to healthy meals in the summer months and the Department’s efforts to reduce the impacts of poverty and food insecurity on Friday, July 11, 2014. The USDA summer meals programs, including the Summer Food Service Program and the National School Lunch Program's Seamless Summer Option, ensure that low-income children who rely on school meals for adequate nutrition during the school year can also receive the food they need during the summer months so they are healthy and ready to learn when they return to school in the fall. USDA photo by Lance Cheung.
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