(1) encourage Vermont residents in developing healthy and lifelong habits of eating nutritious local foods;

(2) maximize use by Vermont schools of fresh and locally grown, produced, or processed food;

(3) work with partners to establish a food, farm, and nutrition education program that educates Vermont students regarding healthy eating habits through the use of educational materials, classes, and hands-on techniques that inform students of the connections between farming and the foods that students consume;

(4) increase the size and stability of direct sales markets available to farmers; and

(5) increase participation of Vermont students in child nutrition programs by increasing the selection of available foods.

(1) engages 75 percent of Vermont schools in an integrated food system education program that incorporates community-based learning; and

(2) purchases 50 percent of food from local or regional food sources. (Added 2017, No. 63, § 1.)