@article{Ralston:256713,
      recid = {256713},
      author = {Ralston, Katherine  and Beaulieu, Elizabeth  and Hyman,  Jeffrey and Benson, Matthew   and Smith, Michael },
      title = {Daily Access to Local Foods for School Meals: Key Drivers},
      address = {2017-03-23},
      number = {1476-2017-583},
      series = {Economic Information Bulletin Number 168},
      pages = {36},
      year = {2017},
      abstract = {Farm-to-school programs began in the 1990s and have been  encouraged by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)  through grant funding, technical assistance, and changes to  school meal procurement regulations. In 2012, USDA’s Farm  to School Program was formally established to improve  access to local foods in eligible schools. Today, more than  4 in 10 school districts report serving local foods or  implementing other farm-to-school activities. To examine  progress toward USDA’s goal of daily availability of  locally produced foods for all students and to identify  potential targets for technical assistance, this report  uses data from the 2013 Farm to School Census to measure  the prevalence of school districts that serve local food  daily and the characteristics of those districts.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/256713},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.256713},
}