A new comptroller s office audit also says the North Country has the fewest program participants of any region in the state, with just 16 farms participating.
New York public officials and education and health advocates are rallying to secure funding for free school meals for all students in public schools in the state's upcoming budget.
School kids dumped empty lunch trays outside Gov. Kathy Hochul's office at the Capitol on Tuesday in protest of her effort to block free school meals for all public-school students in the state.