School lunch just got political.

Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam told the state Board of Education on Tuesday that he wants to to move the federal child nutrition programs from the Department of Education to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Putnam says the bill, the Healthy Schools for Healthy Lives Act, will allow Florida to take advantage of opportunities to leverage the state's year-round growing season, and create dual benefits of promoting home-grown Florida products, and getting more fresh fruits and vegetables on school lunch trays.

"You have an opportunity that if you take our expertise in knowing who the producers are, who the growers are, putting them in contact with the schools, for the same amount of money we're spending today, we can get way more produce onto the plates of the school children," he said.

Giving Florida farmers a way to more directly tap into the public school system could also offer benefits to agricultural businesses across the state.