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Organic Food in Schools Program NCAP is poised to conjoin our agriculture program that helps farmers grow and market organic potatoes and other crops with food distributors that supply school districts. NCAP expects to see organic potatoes in two pilot school districts by 2009. More school boards throughout the country are discussing how access to organic food can be part of their health and nutrition policies. For many children, the school cafeteria is the best source of steady nutrition, with more than 5 billion lunches served annually. More than half of those lunches are served to children receiving free or reduced price lunch. NCAP's goal is to bring organically grown food to those in this vulnerable population who live in the Northwest, many of whom are least likely to afford organic. See "Organic Food Goes to School" in our Winter 2008 Naysprayer. Further evidence that an organic diet is healthy for children exists in a January 2008 report published on the Environmental Health Perspectives website. The report focused on results of a longitudinal study that tested children's urine for pesiticide residues after eating a conventional diet then switching to an organic diet. Children switching to organic produce had lower levels of organophosphates in their urine when tested during the study period. See "Children's Exposure to Pesticides: Diet vs. Home Pesticide Use"
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