DRA News - Dakota Rural Action

May
03

Member Spotlight: Cherry Rock Farms & Iron Fox Farm kick off Farm to School programs

Marco and Laura Patzer, with Cherry Rock Farm teach fourth graders how to plant pea shoots. On Thursday April 28th, DRA member Laura Patzer with Cherry Rock Farm visited Fred Assam Elementary School in Sioux Falls to help the fourth graders plant pea shoots in their milk cartons they had saved from lunch. The students were all excited to learn…

Apr
21

Black Hills Chapter Earth Day Film Screening

EARTH DAY 2022 The Black Hills Chapter of Dakota Rural Action together with the Rapid City Sustainability Committee are co-sponsoring the Earth Day 2022 event this year. It will consist…

Apr
07

What Do We Want? Farms Not Factories

On Tuesday April 5th 2022, Lincoln County Commissioner heard the appeal of Planning and Zoning’s decision to allow Primo Feedlot to expand from 1,000 to 2,000 head of cattle. The…

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www.votervoice.net/FarmtoSchool/campaigns/91065/respond Contact your legislators TODAY to make sure they vote to pass the Keep Kids Fed Act! The Keep Kids Fed Act would:1. Increase access by allowing children who are eligible for reduced-price meals to receive free meals.2. Provides financial relief with greater school breakfast and school lunch reimbursements. 3. Extend some waivers to allow greater access to summer meals this year, and extend administrative and meal pattern flexibilities through the 2022-2023 school year. 4. Support early childhood nutrition and after-school programs with streamlined access and increased meal reimbursement. ... See MoreSee Less

Act Today: Ask Congress to Pass The Keep Kids Fed Act, H.R. 8150

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At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress gave USDA the ability to issue special flexibilities to school meal and community meal sponsors, recognizing the importance of access to crucial nutriti...

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