# 119-s-3127: Farm to School Act of 2025

119-s-3127, Farm to School Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3127
- Congress: 119
- Title: Farm to School Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-06
- Sponsor: Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-17

## Summary

**Would reauthorize and expand the Farm to School program to strengthen local food procurement and support school-based agriculture and nutrition education.** It would broaden who can get grants, add research and technical assistance, and push for better local processing and distribution.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] (R-ME), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI), 2026-07-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More grant money, limits for farm-to-school: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would raise the program's yearly cap to $15 million. The Secretary could use up to 5% of those funds for administration. Individual grants would be capped at $500,000 and at 3-year terms. Grants that would pay only to hold a conference could not be awarded.
- Broader farm-to-school program definition: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would define "farm to school" to include gardens, local procurement, and food education. It would replace the word "schools" with "institutions" and add land-grant colleges and nonprofits. The bill would explicitly include fishers and farm-raised fish producers. Grants could al…
- Grants to improve local food distribution: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would authorize grants to fund aggregation, processing, transportation, and distribution projects. The goal would be to make it easier for local producers to sell to schools and other institutions. Grants could support new ways to gather, process, and move local food.
- More help and priority for Tribal producers: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would give highest priority to projects that serve Tribal communities and use Tribal products. The Secretary could allow Tribal agencies to use certain federal funds to meet grant matching rules. The Secretary could also waive or reduce non-federal matches for top-priority proj…
- Regular review of market barriers: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary to report to Congress within one year and every three years after that. The reports would identify regulatory and market barriers faced by small and Tribal producers. The review must look at compliance costs, market access, and barriers to program fu…

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- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2178: Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2025
- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-s-410: Love Lives On Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-3127 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3127)

## Related
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2178: Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2178)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-410: Love Lives On Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-410)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3127 (as of 2026-07-17).