SM 60 — REDUCE SCHOOL FOOD WASTE

SENATEA MEMORIAL 60REQUESTING 53RDTHE LEGISLATURELEGISLATIVE -EDUCATION STATESTUDY OFCOMMITTEE NEWAND MEXICOTHE -LEGISLATIVE SECONDHEALTH SESSION,AND 2018HUMAN INTRODUCEDSERVICES BYCOMMITTEE GayTO G.REVIEW EXISTING PROGRAMS TO REDUCE FOOD WASTE IN SCHOOL FOOD PROGRAMS AND TO STUDY WAYS TO CREATE AND EXPAND POLICIES THAT ALLOW UNUSED OR UNEATEN FOOD TO GO TO THE BENEFIT OF HUNGRY CHILDREN.

Kernan9 6WHEREAS, 8New 10Mexico Aconsistently MEMORIALranks REQUESTINGin THEthe LEGISLATIVEtop EDUCATIONfive STUDYstates COMMITTEEnationally ANDfor THEthe LEGISLATIVEnumber HEALTHof ANDchildren HUMANliving SERVICESin COMMITTEEpoverty TOand REVIEWexperiencing EXISTINGhunger; PROGRAMS TO REDUCE FOOD WASTE IN SCHOOL FOOD PROGRAMS AND TO STUDY WAYS TO CREATE AND EXPAND POLICIES THAT ALLOW UNUSED OR UNEATEN FOOD TO GO TO THE BENEFIT OF HUNGRY CHILDREN.

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andNOW, WHEREAS,THEREFORE, schoolBE foodIT programRESOLVED personnelBY haveTHE indicatedSENATE aOF desireTHE SM 60 STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the importance of maximizing all Page 1 available resources to bereduce ableschool food waste and to provide more unused food directly to hungry 6children children;be affirmed;

NOW,and THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BYthat THEthe SENATElegislative OFeducation THEstudy STATEcommittee OFand NEWthe MEXICOlegislative thathealth theand importancehuman ofservices maximizingcommittee allbe availablerequested resourcesto review existing programs to reduce food waste in school food wasteprograms and to providestudy moreways to create and expand policies that allow unused or uneaten food directlyto go to hungrythe childrenbenefit beof affirmed;hungry children;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that thecopies legislativeof educationthis 12memorial study committee and the legislative health and human services committee be requestedtransmitted to reviewthe existingchairs programsof tothe reducelegislative foodeducation wastestudy incommittee school food programs and tothe studylegislative wayshealth to create and expandhuman policiesservices thatcommittee. allow unused or uneaten food to go to the benefit of hungry children;

andSM e60 ePage 172 BE25 IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be e e n d 18 transmitted to the chairs of the legislative education study = = l ] 19 committee and the legislative health and human services a l r i 20 committee.

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