Teachers, farmers and food advocacy groups launched their campaign Tuesday for two initiatives on the ballot this November that would continue providing free meals to public school children and help shore up the federal food stamp program for Coloradans after the Trump administration made cuts to it.

Colorado voters will decide in November whether to raise taxes on those who earn more than $300,000 per year to fund the initiatives, known as LL and MM.

“We must vote yes on LL and MM to maintain the critical work that the Healthy School Meals for All program has pioneered,” said Daniel Asher, chef and owner of Boulder restaurant River and Woods. “Every kid in Colorado deserves access to nutritious healthy meals at school made with ingredients grown locally that support our hard-working far

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