Ag secretary candidate Chris Jones wants 50% of school meals to be sourced locally

By: Cami Koons

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: July 29, 2026

Words: 540

Last Updated: 4 days, 21 hours ago

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As part of his bid to be Iowa’s next secretary of agriculture, Democratic candidate Chris Jones unveiled policy framework with a 10-year goal of requiring schools to source half of their food from local farms.

Jones, whose platform focuses largely on improving water quality in Iowa, said building the infrastructure to support locally grown food in Iowa will in turn, lead to “healthier people, cleaner water, more perennial vegetation, and more pasture-based systems on …

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