LONE TREE, Iowa (KCRG) - School is back in session and with that comes school lunches. This year, the Iowa Food Purchasing Program is helping schools feed students local food.

“The biggest thing is just not taking things out of the bag and putting them on a tray. It’s adding a little bit of love,” said Erik Isenhour, Lone Tree Food Services Director.

The Lone Tree Community School District is one of 33 schools across Iowa to receive a matching $1,000 food purchasing grant from the state .

That $2,000 total helps schools purchase fresh food from local growers.

“Food is so processed right now. And so we’re trying to really create things back from scratch. So this year, we kind of updated our menu. We’re making, on average, three scratch items a week, which is a huge task for us, but it

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