Where’s Xochitl, Now? (Part 21)–In Arizona, Deputy Secretary Highlights USDA Investments 

USDA is helping schools in Arizona invest in high quality, nutritious meals for students, including the Farm to School program, which helps children learn about where their food comes from and integrate more local foods in school meals.

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Deputy Secretary Torres Small visited a local elementary school in Yuma, Arizona, on Friday and highlighted actions taken by the Biden-Harris Administration to help rural communities in Arizona and nationwide build a fair, competitive, and resilient local food supply chain, all while expanding market access for local producers.  

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USDA is helping schools in Arizona invest in high quality, nutritious meals for students, including the Farm to School program, which helps children learn about where their food comes from and integrate more local foods in school meals. 

Deputy Secretary Torres Small also toured a local water treatment facility in Yuma. There, she announced over $21 million in new investments in Arizona to help ensure rural communities have the necessary technical assistance they need to develop, maintain, and improve drinking water and waste disposal systems as part of Rural Development’s Waste and Water Disposal Loan and Grant Program. 

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