Approval Still Needed for Transition of School Nutrition Programs

Randall Weiseman July 1, 2011 Dairy, Florida, Vegetables

Even though the shifting of the school nutrition program to the Department of Agriculture from the Department of Education has been signed off by the governor, it still has to receive approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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