School Nutrition Study Initiated What's happening in CommissionoftheStateahas Agriculture’s Food and FNS would like to develop a about good nutrition and nutrition education in the been awarded a $48,594 Nutrition Service (FNS). constructive role of sup- improving their eating nation’s school systems? To contract by the U. S. In providing leadership for porting state and local school habits. A necessary step is to help find out, the Education Department of child nutrition programs, officials in telling students find out what’s going on in Re prof! with a Farm Credit ban. Lancaster, Pa. 411 West Roseville Road 393-3921 Lebanon, Pa. The Agway Building Chambersburg, Pa. Carlisle, Pa. 17th and Cumberland Streets 183 Lincoln Way East 133 West High Street 273-4506 263-3315 249-1711 A combine, harvester, thresher, tractor, silo, more land, more livestock, a new car, a truck. You can get a low-cost loan from Farm Credit for any of these things, or anything else to make your farming bigger and more profitable, or your farm life more comfortable. Talk to Farm Credit and start reaping profits today. Farm Credit. We’re your kind of people. Yo r k Pq 3301 West Market Street 792-2641 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 24,1974 nutrition education federally, on the state level, and in local school districts. During the next year, she Conunissson will gather data from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Office of Education, the education agencies of every state and the District of Columbia, and a representative sample of local school districts across the country. Then the Commission will analyze the elements of nutrition education on all three levels, examining legislation, grants, contracts, projects, and school activites. The survey will look at what is being taught and how, who is being taught, who is doing the teaching, how nutrition information is being delivered at different grade levels and in different schools, and what im portance is assigned nutrition education in relation to other health oriented education programs and to the total curriculum. The Commission will present its findings next July. XXX Early Plant Exploring The first recorded plant exploration was the ex pedition sent by Egypt’s Queen Hatshepsut to the Land of Punt for the incense tree in 1500 B.C. Today, USDA explorers search for a wide variety of plants to help improve food and fiber crops. The State Civil Service Commission conducts a comprehensive com munications program to stimulate and encourage interchange with ap plicants, employees, legislators, citizen groups, and news representatives. •MORE MILK • MOM MEAT • MORE PROFIT MADISON SILOS Div. Chromalloy American Corp. 1070SteinmetzRd. Ephrata, Penna. 17522 Ph. 733-1206 LOCAL DEALERS Frank Snyder 859-2688 Akron Caleb Wenger Quarryville 548-2116 Landis Bros. Inc. Lancaster 393-3906 Carl L. Shirk 867-3741 Lebanon Sollenberger Farm Supply Centerport, Pa. 11
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