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Spotlight on Farm to School
Spotlight on Farm to School
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
Are you starting with just a handful of seeds? Working to connect with local farmers? Managing a successful grant program? Guest speakers highlight connections between the school cafeteria, garden, and classroom in the California Food for California Kids® Network.
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Slides: Spotlight on Farm to School
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Chat: Spotlight on Farm to School
Welcome! Please introduce yourself by typing your name, position, and where you work into the chat box. What is your favorite thing you’ve eaten lately? 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.Robin BrennanLynn, Food Service Prog Mgr, Santa Rosa.Hi All!Hello! Jezra with the Center for Ecoliteracy, Director of Programs, Bay Area. Persimmons and more persimmonsHi Everyone! I'm Claire, Farm to School Coordinator in San Luis Obispo County. Favorite thing - chana masala!Hi. Kristina Kraushaar, Program Innovator, Rialto Unified. I had a salad from subway....delicious.Hi Everyone! Abby Halperin, Policy and Grants Manager at the Center for Ecoliteracy. So many delicious things for thanksgiving it’s hard to pick, but I loved eating roasted fall veggies with my 8-month old.Hi Amy!Favorite thing eaten lately . . . chocolate brigaderio panettone bread.Janel Wojcik, Program Manager at LunchAssist! I was lucky enough to eat my mom’s famous yams at Thanksgiving. ?Janelle Manzano, San Diego, F2S Specialist, Just spent a few days with my parents for the holidays. Was so nice to eat their homecooked meals :)Robin Brennan, Food Services Area Supervisor, San Diego Unified.Vanessa Diaz, Director of Food Services from Imperial California. I had cheesy potatoes for thanksgvingLindsey, farm to school coordinator at Sierra Harvest in Nevada City, Nisenan land. Favorite thing - ghee mixed with miso on top of roasted sweet potatoes!Hola. :) Claudia. CA Wheat, Wheat2School. Pho!Patty Gallagher - Roseland School District, Santa RosaCassidy, Farm to School Program Manager with Upland USD!Hello! Amy Garfinkel, Farm to School Network Lead, CA Dept. of Food & Ag. Butternut squash/sweet potato soup!Jason Corona, Assistant Director of Child Nutrition Services, Oxnard School District, Oxnard CaliforniaKarly Wasung, Vista USD Operations Manager. Julian Apple Pie!Hi all, Jim Koulias with the Center for Ecoliteracy, Deputy Director of Finance and Operations, Berkeley. Turkey turkey turkey (and all the fixings)Pilar Gray - Director of Nutrition Services, Fort Bragg USD. Left over turkey sandwich!Hi all! Thanks for joining us! I’m Liz, Program Coordinator here at the Center for Ecoliteracy. My favorite thing recently was tofu chile verde that my family made over the weekend!Hi! Kim Chang, Child Nutrition Specialist at Antioch Unified School District. Favorite thing I ate a dark chocolate bar from Canada.Hi Everyone! Marie Johnson, Student Nutrition Program Coordinator of Farmington Schools in NM, President of NMSNA. Yummy Salad@Lindsey, I want that recipe, sounds delicious!Moises Plascencia, Farm to School Coordinator for Santa Ana Unified School District. WooohooHi everyone! Kristin Zelllhart with Eat REAL and I am in Sacramento. I had delicious roasted persimmons from our local farmers market that were delicious!Anne Moertel, Outreach and Communications Manager, Center for Ecoliteracy. Calling in from the Bay Area! I *want* to eat a cookie from a local bakery, it has chocolate chips, walnuts and dried apricots!Juan Zamorano SDUSD Food Services Program Specialist and I just had a delicious Buffalo Chicken Salad for lunch.Anna Jackson, Ventura County Farm to School. Minestrone soupHi from Bellevue USD!Hi Lynn! Thank you for joining us!So awesome! Hi to my neighboring Peninsula school districts!!Thank you! Excited to be a part of this network- Divya Puri, Fremont Union HighFort Bragg USD Nutrition Services Harvest of the Month Website: [link]??fantastic Pilar!!Tahoe-Truckee USD Nutrition Services Instagram: [link]Yum — Kat, I love a great roasted tomato. Your students are so LUCKYThanks Abby! Our Chefs are outstanding!Kat & TTUSD is such an inspiration!Beautiful photos!!?WaveCrest Cafe (Vista USD Child Nutrition Services) November Nutrition Newsletter: [link]Anyone who wants tips on taking great school food photos, check out this guide: [link]So cool Michael!!!Morgan Hill USD Nutrition Facebook: [link]Yay Michael!! You are such an innovator!Those wraps are beautiful.Go Michelle! Love "Fork Farms".Follow along with us on Instagram! @uusdfarmtoschoolThank you Liz!Opt-in to the KIT funds under the “guidelines tab” here, by December 9: [link]Sign up for updates on CDFA’s Farm to School Program here: [link]Apply for the USDA Farm to School Grants Here by January 6: [link]Stay tuned for CDE funding updates here: [link]Take the survey to inform 2023 policy priorities today: [link]Thank you AmySAUSD is also recipient of the Farm to School Grant.thank you Amy and CDFA! Sierra Harvest was a recipientTahoe Truckee USD is a recipient, woweeee!Antioch USD is a recipient. Thank you CDFA!Thanks so much for having me! Please reach out if you'd like to connect :Thank you, get itSo awesome Janelle, such an amazing program you are offering!Super inspiringthanks Janelle! can we get the link to the video mentioned that goes out to parents?Awesome Job Janelle!!F2S Video for San Diego County [link]thanks so much Janelle!thank you Moises!What terrific work, thanks Moises!Awesome programming, Moises!Thank you everyone.You all are so awesome.Love the academic integration Moises, inspiring!Back at you Moises! So great to hear about your work!! :)Looks soooo good Erin!!!Yummy, that looks amazing.Awesome Erin! I love that you are including a variety of products in your F2S programming.What is a kiwano?So inspiring Erin!!Thank you everyone, you are all so inspiring.Yay Erin! So awesome!Thanks everyone!Wowsers! All of these speakers have been so inspiring! Thank you!I have to jump off for another meeting..CDFA 2022 Farm to School Incubator Grant Program is now closed and projects have been awarded to begin April 2023. CDFA invested $25.5 million in funding for 120 farm to school projects across the state. Did you apply? Were you awarded? What is a key activity you’re most excited to implement during this grant? If you weren’t awarded, what would you like to get funding for? Most successful farm to school projects require multiple departments and partnerships to connect the cafeteria to the classroom and the farmers. Who do you already partner with to do some kind of farm to school activity? Do you work with a teacher, custodians, PTA lead, or local food pantry? Do you lead most of the farm to school projects from the nutrition services, or do you support education services in leading projects, such as teaching in school gardens?But learned a lot.Thanks for joining us Marie!What do you think is the biggest challenge to farm to school outside of funding?My question is.. how can we make farm to school sustainable in the long term? What is your school district to make sure your practices are going to last past external funding?Typically F2S is perceived as mainly having to do with fruits and vegetables. I wonder if Erin had to re-educate her team(s) when expanding to procure animal protein?Definitely connect F2S programming with other departments!! Join the Wellness Committee, get in touch with your Culinary and Garden Educators, STEAM or CTE Departments, etc!!Thanks, Claire!Join the California Food for California Kids Network: [link] Fresh from California Menu Planning Support Sessions Archive: [link] CDFA Farm to School Network Community of Practice #5: [link] Bid Generator: [link] CAFF Produce Procurement Guide: [link] Procurement Review Workshop: [link] Plant Based Meals Guide: [link] Food Operators & Leaders of Color in Schools Network: [link]It was nice to see and hear from everyone! Awesome work being done - so exciting. Thank you!Thanks everyone! Inspiring work!Thank you All!Good Job to All! Always good to hear the positive movement in Farm to School and CA Foods for CA Kids!Thank you, everyone ?Awesome chat!Thank you, all. Such inspiring guest speakers! I look forward to talking more with those I was able to briefly connect with in the breakout sessions!Thank you! I learned a lot!Thank you everyone! ?Thank you for hosting this awesome session! Great work everyone, feeling super inspired from all of your work!!Thank you everyone for being here and special thank you to our amazing presenters. Happy holidays!Thank you all! And thanks for facilitating Liz!Thank you everyone! This was so inspiring!Thanks all!!0