Bill Text: IL HR0376 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares October 12, 2017 as the "Illinois Great Apple Crunch Day".
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-25 - Resolution Adopted [HR0376 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0376-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Farm to School programs in Illinois schools teach | ||||||
| 3 | students about the
connection between healthy food and local | ||||||
| 4 | farmers, and make it more likely that students will eat the | ||||||
| 5 | fresh fruits and vegetables served in their
school meals; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Illinois-grown produce, such as apples, purchased | ||||||
| 7 | by schools and
promoted in the cafeterias, brings an economic | ||||||
| 8 | benefit to farmers in the community
and across the State; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, A school day celebration of Illinois produce, such | ||||||
| 10 | as the Illinois Great
Apple Crunch, makes it easy for schools | ||||||
| 11 | to purchase Illinois-grown apples and
celebrate agriculture | ||||||
| 12 | and healthy food with their students through a cafeteria
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| 13 | celebration and community education; the Illinois Great Apple | ||||||
| 14 | Crunch is a day-long celebration of fresh, local apples from | ||||||
| 15 | the Midwest; schools across the State of Illinois can | ||||||
| 16 | participate by serving local apples on the lunch tray and | ||||||
| 17 | crunching into them together as a school; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Farm to School Network, in | ||||||
| 19 | partnership with the Illinois
Agriculture in the Classroom | ||||||
| 20 | program, is committed to helping schools participate in
the | ||||||
| 21 | Illinois Great Apple Crunch through the provision of | ||||||
| 22 | educational materials and an
online website and registration to | ||||||
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| 1 | support the day, and acknowledges the support
of the Illinois | ||||||
| 2 | Farm Bureau and the Illinois Specialty Growers Association in
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| 3 | connecting to Illinois farmers; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Farm to School Network is committed | ||||||
| 5 | to increasing the
amount of locally grown food in schools, as | ||||||
| 6 | well as agriculture education, and
programs such as the | ||||||
| 7 | Illinois Great Apple Crunch make it easy for schools to
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| 8 | participate in these programs; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 10 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 11 | declare October 12, 2017 as the "Illinois Great Apple Crunch | ||||||
| 12 | Day"; and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to the Illinois
Department of Agriculture, the | ||||||
| 15 | Illinois State Board of Education, and the Illinois
School | ||||||
| 16 | Nutrition Association.
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