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Written by Healthy Newspaper
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Thursday, 26 April 2012 18:28 |
Urbana, Illinois, April 2012 — It should be a no-brainer when considering bringing food grown in Illinois to the plates of children in Illinois schools. Moreover, most consumers like the idea of eating local food. However, less than 5 percent of the food consumed in Illinois is produced locally. Transportation costs account for 10 to 20 percent of what people must pay for food products.
State legislators recognized this as a serious problem— and passed the Illinois Local Farm, Food and Jobs Act in 2009. The act mandates that, by 2020, 10 percent of the food served in schools should be from Illinois farms. http://www.marketmaker.uiuc.edu/reg/register |
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