From ELiddy at fchn.org Fri May 9 13:53:21 2008 From: ELiddy at fchn.org (Eileen Liddy) Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 13:53:21 -0400 Subject: [farm.school] An update on the farm bill Message-ID: <8266C8E9D0F55344B06A6BF0C637939A06424413@fmhchin.fchn.md> FYI FARM BILL CONFERENCE AGREEMENT CONTAINS SIGNIFICANT DOMESTIC NUTRITION IMPROVEMENTS http://www.cbpp.org/5-8-08fa.htm Eileen Eileen Liddy Program Associate Healthy Community Coalition 20 Church St. Wilton ME 04294 1-207-645-3136, ext. 5113 1-800-525-3136, ext. 5113 From Walter.Beesley at maine.gov Mon May 12 10:33:51 2008 From: Walter.Beesley at maine.gov (Beesley, Walter) Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 10:33:51 -0400 Subject: [farm.school] Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Message-ID: <32E5C6B0B949584D9B6168C5F727916B04392CBE@SOM-TEAQASMAIL1.som.w2k.state.me.us> Recent Federal legislation, Public Law 110-161, The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008, authorized funds for the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) to all States not currently in the FFVP. Schools must offer free fruits and vegetables to students during the school day. Twenty-five schools in each State can participate. The purpose of the program is to increase fresh fruit and vegetable consumption in elementary and secondary schools. The level of funds provided to any one school depends on the demographics of schools that are selected to participate in the program. Applications and more information is available at http://www.maine.gov/education/sfs/ffvp.htm Application deadline is May 29th at 2 p.m. Please read the letter regarding application carefully to maximize your school's score and for proper submission of the application. Gail Lombardi MS, RD Child Nutrition Services Maine Department of Education -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/farm.school/attachments/20080512/ff35fad3/attachment.html From Walter.Beesley at maine.gov Tue May 13 12:13:31 2008 From: Walter.Beesley at maine.gov (Beesley, Walter) Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 12:13:31 -0400 Subject: [farm.school] Fresh Fruit Vegetable Prgrom FFVP sponsor number Message-ID: <32E5C6B0B949584D9B6168C5F727916B04392CD5@SOM-TEAQASMAIL1.som.w2k.state.me.us> The sponsor number asked for on the FFVP application is the same number as the district number. It is on the top of your claim form. If you do not know your number or can not find it that is fine we will take care of it here. DO NOT STRESS OVER THE NUMBER It seems the more we get away from numbers instead of names the more programs want numbers and not names. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/farm.school/attachments/20080513/7cadbfee/attachment.html From arw at ceimaine.org Wed May 14 12:50:24 2008 From: arw at ceimaine.org (Amy R. Winston) Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 12:50:24 -0400 Subject: [farm.school] FW: Upcoming Opportunities to Offer Recommendations for Improving the Child Nutrition and WIC Programs Message-ID: Please see below (applicable info in bold) re your chance to provide input into the 2009 Child Nutrition Reauthorization. The Boston listening session (our region) is June 10. Written comments also welcome. Thanks, Amy Amy R. Winston Director, Lincoln County Economic Development Office (LCEDO) Focus on Agriculture in Rural Maine Schools (FARMS) Northeast Regional Lead Agency, National Farm to School Network P.O. Box 268, 35 Water St. Wiscasset, ME 04578 (207) 882-7564 phone (207) 882-7308 fax www.lincolncountymaine.org Hosted by Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) -----Original Message----- From: Anupama Joshi [mailto:ajoshi at oxy.edu] Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:47 PM To: Debra Eschmeyer; thagy at thefoodtrust.org; Dana Hudson; Amy R. Winston; marion at foodsecurity.org; Glyen Holmes; Steph Larsen ; Emily Jackson; Michelle Ratcliffe; smtedeschi at wisc.edu; Vonda Richardson; apoole at kerrcenter.com; Le Adams Subject: FW: Upcoming Opportunities to Offer Recommendations for Improving the Child Nutrition and WIC Programs Food Research and Action Center May 13, 2008 USDA Listening Sessions and Written Comments: Upcoming Opportunities to Offer Recommendations for Improving the Child Nutrition and WIC Programs USDA has begun to take two steps to obtain public recommendations for the 2009 Child Nutrition Reauthorization. (1) It is going to be holding regional listening sessions. (2) It will be requesting written public comments. These will be important opportunities for anti-hunger, healthy eating, children's health and education advocates, service providers, program administrators and others to provide recommendations on improving access, meal quality and nutrition in the programs that are due for reauthorization: school breakfast and lunch, summer feeding, after school and child and adult care food programs, and WIC. USDA will compile the results of the sessions and comments into a report for the coming Presidential Administration to use in the 2009 reauthorization of the Child Nutrition and WIC Programs. FRAC will keep you updated with reauthorization materials, themes, talking points, model recommendations and additional information as these USDA plans proceed. Upcoming Opportunities for Action * USDA Request for Public Comment Timeline: Request will be published in the Federal Register soon. The comment period will most likely end October 15, 2008. FRAC will provide model comments and various other materials during the period leading up to October 15th, with enough lead time to make follow-up easy. * USDA Regional Listening Sessions Timeline: This summer: June to early September. Tentative Listening Session Schedule: * Northeast Region (CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI, VT) June 10th in Boston (See below for details.) * Southwest Region (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN) July 15th in San Antonio or Austin * Western Region (AK, AZ, CA, HI, NV, OR, ID) August 6th in San Francisco * Mid-Atlantic Region (DE, DC, MD, NJ, PA, PR, VA, WV) August 6th in Baltimore * Southeast Region (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN) August: Week of the 26th in Atlanta *Midwest Region (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI) September: Week of the 8th in Chicago * Mountain Plains Region (CO, IA, KS, MO, MT, NE, ND, SD, UT, WY) September 9 or 11th in Denver Details: Northeast Region: June 10th in Boston To present your views at the Northeast Region's June 10th session in Boston, you need to send in a registration form, which is currently available in the Child Nutrition Center on FRAC's website . This site also includes the Boston listening session location and directions. FRAC Contacts: Ellen Teller (202) 986-2200 ext. 3013 eteller at frac.org Crystal FitzSimons (202) 986-2200 ext. 3006 cfitzsimons at frac.org Geri Henchy (202) 986-2200 ext. 3025 ghenchy at frac.org Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Center: http://www.frac.org/html/federal_food_programs/cnreauthor/cnrc.htm ________________________________ ________________________________ About Us: The Food Research and Action Center (www.frac.org) is the leading national organization working for more effective public and private policies to eradicate domestic hunger and undernutrition. Visit our Web site (www.frac.org ) to learn more. Click here to unsubscribe -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.informe.org/pipermail/farm.school/attachments/20080514/0a05c95c/attachment.html