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#1 Encourage Your Friends & Colleagues to Ask Their Legislators to Co-Sponsor the Farm to School Grant Bill
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Please contact your MA legislators and ask them to co-sponsor the #FarmtoSchool Grant Bill, “An Act establishing farm to school grants to promote healthy eating and strengthen the agricultural economy” (SD.605 & HD.350). Take Action here: https://buff.ly/3Y9ZiC3 #mapoli #localfood #localfarms #nutritioned #schoollunch
I just reached out to my MA legislators to ask them to co-sponsor #FarmtoSchool Grant Bill, “An Act establishing farm to school grants to promote healthy eating and strengthen the agricultural economy” (SD.605 & HD.350)! Please join me by contacting your legislators today: https://buff.ly/3Y9ZiC3 #mapoli #localfood #localfarms #nutritionEd #schoollunch
Help create a strong, vibrant #farmtoschool community in Massachusetts! Ask your legislators to co-sponsor, “An Act establishing farm to school grants to promote healthy eating and strengthen the agricultural economy” (SD.605 & HD.350)! https://buff.ly/3Y9ZiC3 #mapoli #localfood #localfarms #nutritioned #schoollunch
Contact your MA legislators and ask them to co-sponsor the #FarmtoSchool Grant Bill (SD.605 & HD.350). Take Action: https://buff.ly/3Y9ZiC3 #mapoli #localfood #localfarms #nutritionEd #schoollunch
@MAFarmtoSchool made it easy for me to reach out to my legislators and ask them to support arm to school funding! Join me by taking action today: https://buff.ly/3Y9ZiC3 #farmtoschool #mapoli #localfood #localfarms #nutritioned #schoollunch
@MassFarmtoSchool made it easy for me to reach out to my legislators and ask them to support arm to school funding! Join me by taking action today: https://buff.ly/3Y9ZiC3 #farmtoschool #mapoli #localfood #localfarms #nutritioned #schoollunch
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If your legislator has already co-sponsored (check here), please thank them either by email or by social media post. Note: You may look up your legislators social media handles here, and remember, they may have different handles for different social sites.
Thank you to [@Legislator_Handle] for co-sponsoring the Farm to School Grant Bill, “An Act establishing farm to school grants to promote healthy eating and strengthen the agricultural economy” (SD.605 & HD.350). Ask your legislator to co-sponsor: https://buff.ly/3Y9ZiC3
I’m grateful to [@Legislator_Handle] for supporting legislation (SD.605 & HD.350) to establish permanent #farmtoschool funding in MA! Ask your legislator to co-sponsor today: https://buff.ly/3Y9ZiC3
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In December 2021, the Massachusetts Legislature allocated $1,000,000 from American Rescue Plan Act funds to pilot a Farm to School Grant Program. Now, we need to pass the farm to school bill, “An Act establishing farm to school grants to promote healthy eating and strengthen the agricultural economy”,(Grant Bill Fact Sheet) to make the program permanent, and we need YOUR support.
Please send a letter directly to your Massachusetts legislators encouraging them to co-sponsor the Farm to School Grant Program bill this legislative session - HD.350 and SD.605.
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#2 Help us build a large and diverse group of advocates advancing MA Food for MA Kids.
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Join the #MAFoodforMAKids coalition! Visit www.mafoodformakids.org for more information. #localfood #schoolfood #mapoli
Interested in maximizing equitable access to meals at school for all students? Join #MAFoodforMAKids. Learn more > mafoodformakids.org #schoolfood #localfood #farmtoschool
Help us advocate for high quality, locally grown school meals for Massachusetts students. Join the #MAFoodforMAKids coalition. Learn more > mafoodformakids.org. #localfood #schoollunch #farmtoschool #mapoli
Advocate for locally grown foods in #schoolmeals! Join the #MAFoodforMAKids coalition. Learn more > mafoodformakids.org #localfood #healthyfoodhealthykids #farmtoschool #mapoli
Help bring locally grown, culturally relevant meals to #schoolmeals in Massachusetts! Join the #MAFoodforMAKids coalition. Visit mafoodformakids.org and learn more. #farmtoschool #schoollunch #mapoli
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#3 Share why Farm to School is Important with your legislators.
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If you have school-aged children, ask them what they enjoy about farm to school activities in their school, or what types of farm to school activities they’d like to try…
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Farm to School is important to me because… [fill in the blank]
#farmtoschool #MAFood4MAKids