Farm to school meals
HRS §302A-405.6
in effect302A-405.6. Farm to school meals
(a) By 2030, the department shall meet the local farm to school meal goal that thirty per cent of food served in public schools shall consist of locally sourced products, as measured by the percentage of the total cost of food.
(b) The department shall submit an annual
report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of
each regular session, beginning with the regular session of 2022, containing
the following information:
(1) The status of the department's progress in
meeting the local farm to school meal goal;
(2) The percentage of food served in public schools
that consists of locally sourced products, by county, as measured by the
percentage of the total cost of food;
(3) The costs associated with the farm to school
meals program and any savings realized;
(4) A list of all large purchases of locally sourced
products and the identity of the seller;
(5) A list of meals on a school menu consisting of
the largest percentage of locally sourced products, as measured by the
percentage of the total cost of food;
(6) The percentage of fresh food served, by county, as
measured by the percentage of the total cost of food;
(7) The percentage of processed food served, by
county, as measured by the percentage of the total cost of food;
(8) A description of the training conducted to
prepare cafeteria staff for cooking meals from scratch; and
(9) The percentage of locally sourced products
purchased from the department's largest distributors, as measured by the
percentage of the total cost of food.
(c) For the purposes of this section:
"Fresh local agricultural products"
means fruits, vegetables, nuts, coffee, eggs, poultry and poultry products,
livestock and livestock products, milk and milk products, aquacultural and
maricultural products, and horticultural products that are one hundred per cent
grown, raised, and harvested in Hawaii.
"Local value-added processed,
agricultural, or food products" means at least fifty-one per cent of the
product's primary agricultural product shall be grown, raised, and harvested in
Hawaii.
"Locally sourced products" means
fresh local agricultural products or local value-added processed, agricultural,
or food products.
"Primary agricultural product" means
the major agricultural product in a processed or value-added agricultural or
food product.
[L 2021, c 175, pt of §2]
Source: Hawaii State Legislature (capitol.hawaii.gov), via Internet Archive capturesURL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol05_Ch0261-0319/HRS0302A/HRS_0302A-0405_0006.htmFetched: 11/10/2026