I will ensure school meals are nutritious and locally sourced when possible.

Ensure meals are nutritious and locally sourced when possible.

The proposal calls for nutritious meals and local sourcing where feasible.

RELEASE: Gottheimer Announces “Feed Our Kids Act” to Fight Farm Bill Cuts to School Meals for Hungry Jersey Children
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expand access, cut delays, and strengthen programs that help feed kids with fresh, local food

Gottheimer said he championed amendments to strengthen programs feeding kids with fresh local food and proposed restoring funding to local food programs that connect farmers to schools and food banks.

RELEASE: Gottheimer Fights to Protect School Meals, Feed Jersey Kids, and Support Local Farmers
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Motion by Ms. Scanlon to make in order amendment #184 to H.R. 7567, offered by Representative Gottheimer, which re-establishes and funds local food for schools cooperative agreement program and the local food purchase assistance cooperative agreement programs for the next five years. Defeated: 4–8.

Gottheimer took concrete legislative action in the House Rules process to restore and fund local food for schools and local food purchase assistance programs, directly aligning with local sourcing and nutritious school meals. The amendment was blocked at the rules stage, so this is serious but unsuccessful effort rather than delivery.

never same_term A for effort

RulesReport04272026_.pdf
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Gottheimer said he pushed to ensure children who rely on school meals are not left behind in the Farm Bill. He said his proposed amendments would "deliver fresh, nutritious meals to children while supporting Jersey agriculture through 2031" and would reinstate more than $1 billion for the Local Food for Schools and Local Food Purchase Assistance programs.

This official release shows Gottheimer publicly championing school-meal nutrition and local procurement in late April 2026, but it describes proposed amendments that were excluded, not enacted. It supports ongoing effort and partial alignment, but not completed delivery.

partial same_term A for effort

RELEASE: Gottheimer Fights to Protect School Meals, Feed Jersey Kids, and Support Local Farmers
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Gottheimer announced new federal legislation, the Feed Our Kids Act, which would provide free breakfast, lunch, and afterschool snacks to every student in K-12 public schools across America. The release says the bill would lock in cuts in critical funding for school meals, SNAP, and local food programs.

This is a fresh legislative push to improve school meals, but it is a proposal, not a delivered policy change. It indicates continued pursuit of the claim's goals, with no evidence in the lookback window that the policy was enacted.

unresolved same_term A for effort

RELEASE: Gottheimer Announces “Feed Our Kids Act” to Fight Farm Bill Cuts to School Meals for Hungry Jersey Children
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USDA says local procurement in school meals supports local farmers and that students are encouraged to make healthier choices when provided locally grown options. The page also notes that, as of July 1, 2024, the geographic preference option expanded to allow locally grown, locally raised, or locally caught specifications when procuring unprocessed agricultural products.

USDA policy already permits and encourages local sourcing in school meals, which makes Gottheimer's goal feasible within existing federal rules. However, this does not show that Gottheimer ensured implementation in his district or through new legislation.

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Procuring Local Foods | Food and Nutrition Service
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USDA says it provided nearly $700 million for states to purchase local foods for schools through the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program and also funded Healthy Meals Incentives to help develop nutritious, appetizing school meals.

USDA program support shows that the federal system continued funding nutritious school meals and local-food purchasing. This is relevant background, but it does not establish that Gottheimer personally delivered the promise in the lookback period.

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USDA Support for School Meals | Food and Nutrition Service
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