WAKE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- Education leaders and farmers are fighting to keep a food program alive in schools. The Farm to School program offers kids locally grown fruits and vegetables throughout the state.

The Wake County School District leaders say federal funding for the statewide Farm to School program ran out in March.

"There's a lot at stake," said Wake County School District Superintendent Dr. Robert Taylor.

Educators and farmers are now urging the general assembly to take immediate action.

Tommy Wheeler is the founder of Tidewater Grain Company in Pamlico County. He grows heirloom rice and has been supplying school districts across the state.

He's one farmer participating in the Farm to School program.

Wheeler scaled up production to meet the need. However, he says the

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