Farm to School Act of 2025

This bill renews and changes the federal farm to school grant program under the National School Lunch Act. It raises yearly mandatory funding for the program from $5 million to $15 million and caps the Secretary's administrative costs at 5 percent of those funds. It sets a $500,000 maximum per grant recipient and a 3-year maximum award term, adds land-grant colleges and universities and Tribal entities as participants, and allows the Secretary to waive or modify the matching-funds requirement for certain priority projects. It also requires the Secretary to report to Congress within one year, and every 3 years after, on barriers to developing farm to school programs, and it authorizes appropriations for fiscal years 2026 through 2031.

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Sponsors

• Peter Welch Democrat sponsor
• 3 cosponsors