TO MARK OCTOBER AS…..NATIONAL FARM TO SCHOOL MONTH…..THREE KENTUCKY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS ARE BEING AWARDED THROUGH THE
KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE’S NEW “KENTUCKY FARM TO SCHOOL STARS RECOGNITIONPROGRAM…..WHICH WAS CREATED TO RECOGNIZE
SCHOOLS DISTRICT THAT DEMONSTRATE A COMMITMENT TO INCREASE PURCHASES DIRECTLY FROM KENTUCKY FARMERS……
THE DISTRICTS RECOGNIZED ARE JACKSON INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS IN BREATHITT COUNTY WHICH RECEIVED 10-THOUSAND DOLLARS…..MERCER COUNTY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS EIGHT-THOUSAND DOLLARS….AND BARREN COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHICH RECEIVED SIX-THOUSAND DOLLARS….
WINNING DISTRICTS HAD THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF LOCALLY PRODUCED PROTEINS AND PRODUCE FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOOL YEAR IN THEIR MEALS….
ELIGIBLE DISTRICTS ALSO HAD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NATIONALSCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM….
AND ONLY KENTUCKY GROWN OR RAISED PRODUCTS USED DURING BREAKFAST AND LUNCH DURING THE REGULAR SCHOOL YEAR WERE ELIGIBLE……
EXCLUDING MILK……
