In 2014, due to a federal reorganization of the SNAP-Ed program, funding for BUSD’s gardening and cooking program was cut. Parents, students, and leading community advocates came together to advance the soda tax to replace the lost funding. With the passage of Measure D, the BUSD gardening and cooking program was able to not only continue but the program was also able to significantly expand and better tailor curriculum to the community because the Berkeley grant has less restrictions than the federal funding.
