Grant program helps Vermont schools serve students locally-sourced ingredients [Video]

METEOROLOGIST TYLER JANKOSKI. THIS IS NBC5 NEWS> ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH YOUR KIDS’ SCHOOL LUNCHES? WELL, VERMONT SCHOOLS ARE TRYING TO SOURCE MORE FRESH AND LOCAL INGREDIENTS TO FEED HUNGRY STUDENTS. NBC5’S JOHN HAWKS TAKES US TO A DISTRICT THAT SOURCES NEARLY ONE THIRD OF ITS FOOD LOCALLY. BELLOWS FALLS UNION HIGH SCHOOL… AND THE WINDHAM NORTHEAST SUPERVISOR UNION AS A WHOLE BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THE HARD WORK TO SERVE LOCAL FOODS IN ALL THEIR MEALS AND SNACKS AS A PART OF THE LOCAL FOODS INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM THAT WAS STARTED THREE YEARS AGO. <HARLEY STERLING SCHOOL NUTRITION DIRECTOR, WINDHAM NORTHEAST SUPERVISOR UNION FOR ME IT WAS RECOGNIZING THAT SOME OF THE BEST FOOD IN THE WORLD IS GROWN RIGHT HERE IN VERMONT, AND SO OFTEN THAT GETS SHIPPED OUT OF STATE TO THE FANCY MARKETS. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS WHO ARE RIGHT HERE GROWING UP IN THESE COMMUNITIES? …