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October 11, 2012
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Live Healthy Nevada County grows farm-to-school program

This month, busloads of school children will visit area farms to learn first hand where their food comes from while hundreds more will take home fresh, locally grown produce from school garden carts. Kids are eating healthier thanks to a passionate group of volunteers, parents and members of a group called Live Healthy Nevada County, just awarded a U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm to School grant totaling $300,000. With the new funding, the group can grow its farm-to-school program for the next three years by reaching a larger population of the county’s youth. “It’s getting a lot more structure and …

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The Union Updated Oct 11, 2012 12:39PM Published Oct 11, 2012 04:37PM Copyright 2012 The Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.