Bill Text: HI HB767 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The Farm To School Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-07-07 - Act 175, on 07/02/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1303). [HB767 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-HB767-Amended.html
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAM.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that a key reason for the creation of the Hawaii farm to school program in 2015 was to improve the health of the State's keiki by encouraging consumption of fresh, locally grown foods, both for their nutritional content and to promote healthy behaviors at an early age.
The legislature further finds that setting a target goal of providing a fixed minimum percentage of locally sourced food in public schools can bring the farm to school program closer to achieving tangible results for the health of Hawaii's students, including an increased consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables and the potential to minimize diet-related diseases in childhood, such as obesity and diabetes.
The purpose of this Act is to move the Hawaii farm to school program from the department of agriculture to the department of education and establish a programmatic goal that at least thirty per cent of food served in public schools be locally sourced by 2030.
SECTION 2. Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding two new sections to subpart C of part II to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§302A- Hawaii farm to school program; farm to school
coordinator. (a) There is established within the department a
Hawaii farm to school program. The
purpose of the farm to school program shall be to:
(1) Improve student health;
(2) Develop an
educated agricultural workforce;
(3) Enrich the
local food system through the support and increase of local food procurement for the State's public schools;
(4) Accelerate garden and farm-based education
for the State's public school students; and
(5) Expand the relationships between public
schools and agricultural communities.
(b) The Hawaii farm to school program shall be
headed by a farm to school coordinator who shall work in collaboration
with the appropriate stakeholders to address the issues of supply, demand,
procurement, and consumption of Hawaii-grown foods in state facilities,
primarily education facilities, and take reasonable steps to incorporate more agriculture
and nutrition education in schools.
§302A-
Farm
to school meals. (a) By 2030, the department shall meet the local farm
to school meal goal that thirty per cent of food served in public schools shall consist of
locally sourced products, as
measured by the percentage of the total cost of food.
(b) The
department shall submit an annual report to the legislature no later
than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session, beginning with
the regular session of 2022,
containing the following information:
(1) The status of the
department's progress in meeting the local farm to school meal goal;
(2) The percentage of food served in public schools that consists
of locally sourced products, by county,
as measured by the percentage of the total cost of food;
(3) The costs associated with the farm to school meals
program and any savings realized;
(4) A list of all large purchases of locally sourced
products and the identity of the seller;
(5) A list of meals on a school menu consisting of
the largest percentage of locally sourced products, as measured by the percentage
of the total cost of food;
(6) The percentage of fresh food served, by county,
as measured by the percentage of the total cost of food;
(7) The
percentage of processed food served, by county, as measured by the percentage of the total cost of food;
(8) A description of the training conducted to prepare
cafeteria staff for cooking meals from scratch; and
(9) The percentage of locally sourced products purchased
from the department's largest distributors, as measured by the percentage
of the total cost of food.
(c) For the purposes of this section:
"Fresh local agricultural products"
means fruits, vegetables, nuts, coffee, eggs, poultry and poultry products, livestock
and livestock products, milk and milk products, aquacultural and maricultural products,
and horticultural products that are one hundred per cent grown, raised, and harvested
in Hawaii.
"Local value-added processed, agricultural,
or food products" means at least fifty-one per cent of the product's primary
agricultural product shall be grown, raised, and harvested in Hawaii.
"Locally sourced products" means fresh
local agricultural products or local value-added processed, agricultural, or food
products.
"Primary agricultural product" means
the major agricultural product in a processed or value-added agricultural or food
product."
SECTION 3. Section 141-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.
["[§141-11] Hawaii farm to school
program; farm to school coordinator. (a) There is established within the department of
agriculture a Hawaii farm to school program.
The purpose of the farm to school program shall be to:
(1) Improve student health;
(2) Develop an
educated agricultural workforce;
(3) Enrich the
local food system through the support and increase of local food procurement for the State's public schools and other
institutions;
(4) Accelerate garden and farm-based education
for the State's public school students; and
(5) Expand the relationships between public
schools and agricultural communities.
(b) The Hawaii farm to school program shall be
headed by a farm to school coordinator who shall work in collaboration
with the appropriate stakeholders to address the issues of supply, demand, procurement,
and consumption of Hawaii-grown foods in state facilities, primarily education
facilities, and take reasonable steps to incorporate more agriculture and nutrition
education in schools."]
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2021.
Report Title:
Hawaii Farm to School Program; Farm to School Meals; DOE; HDOA
Description:
Moves the Hawaii farm to school program from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Education. Establishes a programmatic goal for the Department of Education that at least 30% of food served in public schools shall consist of locally sourced products by 2030. Creates an annual reporting requirement. (SD2)
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