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Consider Arnold's signature on SB 281 by Sen. Abel Maldonado, which seeks to put more fruit and vegetables into school food programs. ArnoldWatchers tell us that the bill had required "fresh food" in schools until the Gov forced a September 7th amendment to replace the word "fresh" with "nutritious." On that same day Arnold reported $150K from food processing giant San Tomo. Could it be that about a million bucks from food processors Dole, Nestle, San Tomo and their affiliates is Arnold's reason for serving canned peaches rather than California grown fresh fruit?