{"id":26740,"date":"2025-03-11T13:24:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T17:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=26740"},"modified":"2025-03-11T13:24:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T17:24:27","slug":"sen-ossoff-slams-trump-administrations-cancellation-of-fresh-food-in-schools-program","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-slams-trump-administrations-cancellation-of-fresh-food-in-schools-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Slams Trump Administration\u2019s Cancellation of Fresh Food in Schools Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington D.C.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff released the following statement after the Trump Administration<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/03\/10\/usda-cancels-local-food-purchasing-for-schools-food-banks-00222796\">canceled<\/a>&nbsp;a program that helps Georgia farmers sell fresh food to local schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis will hurt Georgia kids and Georgia farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe should support our&nbsp;<a>schools<\/a>&nbsp;providing kids with fresh, nutritious food grown locally by Georgia farmers. It\u2019s a win-win for childhood nutrition and Georgia agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI urge the Trump Administration to reverse course.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023, Sen. Ossoff&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/watch-sen-ossoff-delivering-freshly-grown-food-options-for-georgia-students\/\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;the $7.1 million partnership between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and State of Georgia to purchase locally grown fruits and vegetables for schools across the state, helping Georgia kids access fresh produce grown by Georgia farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington D.C.&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff released the following statement after the Trump Administration&nbsp;canceled&nbsp;a program that helps Georgia farmers sell fresh food to local schools. \u201cThis will hurt Georgia kids and Georgia farmers. \u201cWe should support our&nbsp;schools&nbsp;providing kids with fresh, nutritious food grown locally by Georgia farmers. It\u2019s a win-win for childhood nutrition and Georgia [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26740","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/26740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/26740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26742,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/26740\/revisions\/26742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}