A new proposal by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo aims to kill a few birds with one bill: End “lunch shaming,” support local farms, and reduce hunger on college campuses, all in a single enthusiastic policy bundle.

Called “No Student Goes Hungry,” the proposal was introduced by Cuomo, a Democrat, during his State of the State address last week. It was part of a package of proposals, including one that would evaluate eliminating the state tip credit.

I don’t think that Republicans in the Senate, for example, are going to be on record as voting down a program that would provide free and affordable lunches to poor children.

But if the proposal is the win-win that it’s lauded as being, would passing it be so hard? Well, maybe. For one, the Republican tax law reform, which was passed by the Senate in December of 2017, capped the amount of state and local taxes that can be deducted at $10,000. This particularly affects residents of high-tax states, like New York.

For school districts, it might also be a bit unrealistic. The growing season in New York state is pretty short, covering only four of the months in a typical school year.

Read the full article on No Student Goes Hungry by Jessica Fu at The New Food Economy