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Putting School Meals for All into Practice
Putting School Meals for All into Practice
About this Series
The School Food Innovator Series is a virtual quarterly gathering designed for members of the California Food for California Kids® Network. This series showcases innovation in school food leadership across the state and fosters connections between Network members and offers peer-to-peer learning opportunities.
About this Session
Hear from school food experts on managing School Meals for All operations, ideas for including nutrition services in district-wide decision making, serving more freshly prepared ingredients in the cafeteria, innovations for breakfast service, and more.
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Welcome! Please introduce yourself by typing your name, position, and where you work into the chat box. What are you looking forward to this fall?Hi everyone! Abby Halperin, Policy and Grants Manager for the Center for Ecoliteracy. I'm looking forward to my daughter's first Halloween! Suggestions of costumes welcome :)Marley Nelms, Dir. of Nutrition Services, San Dieguito Union High School District, Sweater WeatherLynn, Food Svc Prog Manager, Santa Rosa, CA. Looking forward to fall harvests.Rebecca Ward Acalanes Union HSD. My annual pumpkin carving party!Hello Everyone! I’m brand new to the Center for Ecoliteracy as their Director of Programs. I come from public school leadership in nutrition and garden education and I'm looking forward to getting to know all the projects and the amazing constituents!Dylan Hatami, Interim Coordinator, West Contra Costa USD. I am looking forward to all the fall decorations and upcoming holidays.Hi, everyone! Alexa Norstad, Executive Director at the Center for Ecoliteracy. Looking forward to apple picking with my kids for the Jewish New Year.Hi Everyone! Jen here from LunchAssist. I am looking forward to seeing many of you at the CSNA conference next month! & also ?!Quick Tip: If you’re connecting with your phone audio separate from your video, please make sure to rename yourself on your phone app, so that it says your name, and we can connect your audio to your breakout room.Hi everyone, Jim Koulias with the Center for Ecoliteracy, Deputy Director, and I'm looking forward to persimmons and other fall fruits.Ksenia Glenn from Upland, I'm looking forward to the coziness of the fall, candles, and fresh air!Hi Everyone! I am Mike, Director of Sales at LunchAssist- Lettuce Wizard @ MHUSDHi everyone! Thailiya Thomas, FoodCorps Service Member at the Rio School District. I am looking forward to National Farm to School Month!Hi all, Anne Moertel, Outreach and Communications Manager at the Center for Ecoliteracy. Happy to see you all! I'm looking forward to cool fall walks…Books and Resources: Senorita Mariposa by Ben Gundersheimer (Mister G) - [link]Additional Books Resources: The Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña - [link] Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de la Peña - [link]USDA Resources: USDA SNAP-Ed Spanish Language Materials: [link] USDA MyPlate Kitchen Hispanic/Latin American Cuisine Recipes: [link] Alliance for a Healthier Generation Spanish-Language Resources for Families: [link]Krysta’s Favorite Recommended Book: Family Pictures or Cuadros de Familia by Carmen Lomas Garza - [link]Great resources! Thank you for sharing! ?National Farm to School Network resources - [link] Action for Healthy Kids - [link] CAFF’s 7th Annual California Crunch - [link]Upland October Farm to school month celebration- Harvest of the Month is restarting !Upland is also switching all high school beef offering (ground beef and patties) to organic, grass fed beef from Mindful Farms <3 <3 <3That's huge @Ksenia! ??What’s the guarantee universal meals in the state will continue?Yes it is permanent but we need to continue to push for entitlement funding versus appropriations funding for CA Universal Meals!! We do not want to run out of the funds :-)@Cody, great question. Universal School Meals is now embedded in California state law. It would take another act of the legislature to make it go away, which would be politically very difficult given all the support for this groundbreaking policy.@Kristin, agreed! And this is why we need to work hard to maximize all the federal funding available for school meals in the meantimeWE are planning a “coffee chat” w/the admin team & the FS teams at each school site so everyone can get to know each other@Abby yes for sure but at a District like mine we are going to receive more state funding than federal even with maximizing our federal reimbursements. I know Capo is not alone in this.Thank you Lisa!Awesome job, Lisa!Thank you for sharing your expertise Lisa! Sounds like we need a masterclass from the Upland team! ?LOVE this idea of working with LCAP. Thank you Ksenia!How do you pay for the gift cards? We aren't able to use Fund 13 in that way.?? Chicken Adobo… recipe pls?Eyana, I pay for the gift cards myself. It's how I like to give back. It's $10 per card, a fraction of love our team deserves is how i feel ?@Ksenia such love and generosity showcased and felt!The past District I worked with had a partner nonprofit that fundraised for staff and educators to access these monies for such gift cards and uplifting efforts. That may be a resource for some of you with partner organizations or PTA groups that align with your mission. Celebrating our teams is critical ?Mmmm, fresh granola!recipes for these breakfast items would be fantastic!Those baked goods look DIVINE, Nancy!Recipes would be wonderful!Beautiful breakfast foods!! Great job!This looks delicious, Nancy.Nancy Can you share recipes? Looks delicious.? When is the Lodi USD cookbook getting published?^^^Ha! ^^Great job Nancy! Good to see you!Thank you, Ksenia and Nancy!Reimbursement Rates for SY 22-23: [link]September Checklist: [link]Social Media Toolkit: [link]I'm Sorry but I have another meeting. Thank You for the information.What strategies are you using to speed up the lunch line or provide students with additional time to eat? What has been successful in communicating School Meals for All with families and other stakeholders? How will you use the KIT and training funds to enhance your freshly prepared meals?I'm Prov 2. Can I do bulk meal count like SSOHow is everyone dealing with schools not giving students time to eat?Lynn- yes!@Laura super question I look forward to diving into as well!Join the California Food for California Kids Network: [link] Fresh from California Menu Planning Support Sessions Archive: [link] School Food Innovator Series registration: [link] REMINDER: CDFA Farm to School Network Community of Practice #5 11/17/22, 1:30 p.m. PT CDFA Planting the Seed: Farm to School Roadmap for Success: [link] Chef Ann Foundation Get Schools Cooking Program Application: [link]@Laura, that's SUCH a good question. I would love to hear what solutions people are implementing at the district level on time to eat and to hear what policy solutions you'd like to see at the state level on thisSome quick ideas on time to eat: If you can implement CEP or P2, you can reduce the time in the line and give kids more time to eatWe've also had such an influx of special diet requests, questions, etc. Have others been seeing this? More best practices and ideas on this topic would be awesome!Multiple points of sale can also speed up lunch linesWorking with your principals on bell schedules, like Upland did, is GREATThank you!Wonderful presentation and conversation!!!Thank you!!!0