USDA expands local foods in school meals through cooperative agreement with Oklahoma

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with Oklahoma for more than $3 million to increase their purchase of nutritious, local foods for school meal programs. Through the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program (LFS), the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry (ODAFF) will purchase…