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No more nuggets? School lunch goes farm-to-table — for some

Students select food items at a self-service counter during lunch break at Tonalea K-8 school in Scottsdale, Ariz., Dec. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Mariani) School cook Renee Stanford, left, restocks food items in a heated display during lunch break at Tonalea K-8 school in Scottsdale, Ariz., Dec. 12, 2022. Funding, labor and supply shortages have limited the school district's ability to cook and serve fresh food, making it more reliant on prepackaged, ready-to-eat items. (AP Photo/Alberto Mariani) Students dispose of their unfinished food at the end of lunch break at Yavapai Elementary School in Scottsdale, Ariz., Dec. 12, 2022. Funding, labor and supply shortages have limited the school district's ability to cook and serve fresh food, making it more reliant on prepackaged, ready-to-eat items. (AP Photo/Alberto Mariani) A sample of food items available during lunch break at Yavapai Elementary School in Scottsdale, Ariz., are seen, Dec. 12, 2022, including pizza and sandwiches. Funding, labor and supply shortages have limited the school district's ability to cook and serve fresh food, making it more reliant on prepackaged, ready-to-eat items. (AP Photo/Alberto Mariani) Jefferson Martinez smells the chipotle arroz con pollo before trying the dish as Mount Diablo High School students participated in a taste test in Concord, Calif., Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) Gavino Webb prepares whole wheat pollo verde flautas for Mount Diablo High School students to try during a taste test in Concord, Calif., Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) Gavino Webb prepares whole wheat pollo verde flautas for Mount Diablo High School students to try during a taste test in Concord, Calif., Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) Chef Josh Gjersand prepares a sandwich with homemade pesto aioli and layered with Toscano salami, Monterey Jack and fresh arugula for Mount Diablo High School students to try during a taste test in Concord, Calif., Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) Chef Josh Gjersand moves two baguettes to the oven before preparing a salami sandwich for Mount Diablo High School students to try during a taste test in Concord, Calif., Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) Chef Josh Gjersand prepares a sandwich for Mount Diablo High School students to try during a taste test in Concord, Calif., Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. The school district in suburban San Francisco has been part of a national "farm-to-school" movement for years, where schools try to buy as much locally as possible. But the mission has been kicked into higher gear with a California program that provides free meals to all public school students in the state, along with unprecedented new funding. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
No more nuggets? School lunch goes farm-to-table — for some