Minnesota doesn’t need Washington’s permission to feed its students well

By: Cole Hanson

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: September 11, 2026

Words: 1,131

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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When U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unveiled the “Harvest to Hallways” initiative last month, they described it as a groundbreaking program that would finally bring healthy, locally grown food back into America’s schools.

It isn’t. The Harvest to Hallways initiative, which includes $125 million in funding for cafeteria upgrades, local food grants and research, is just a fraction of the $660 million …

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