Editorial: Wisconsin Homegrown Lunch – Local, Healthy Food For Schools

The Wisconsin Homegrown Lunch program is yet another example of the Wisconsin Idea at its finest: the research and educational power of the University extending into the community in ways that benefit the lives of Wisconsin residents. But this particular partnership between the U-W Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, and the Madison non-profit organization REAP, is especially significant for two reasons. First, it is a model of a sustainable, clean and fair food system. And second, it is an effective response to the pervasive poverty in many of our public schools.