The DOE has not taken the effort seriously and has no real plan for how to meet a legislative mandate to spend 30% of its food budget locally by 2030, according to a state audit.

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BY DEBBIE PAGE Troutman Mayor Teross Young began the town’s recent 2026 Strategic Planning Retreat with a brief “State of the ...