What is working
in school food?
On Friday, March 18, with support from Healthy Schools Campaign and Illinois Farm to
School Network, School Food FOCUS will lead a day
of programming focused on moving school food procurement towards more
healthful, regionally-sourced and sustainably-produced options.
On Friday, March
18th, School Food FOCUS School Food FOCUS is organizing a
series of school food procurement sessions:
- School District Presentations � Food Service
Professionals from Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul and New York City detail
their successes and challenges in changing procurement practices in their
districts
- Roundtable Discussions � Small groups
of food service professionals, academics, government officials and advocates
discuss hot-topic issues in school food procurement, such as working with USDA
commodities, sourcing whole-grain products, and improving the nutritional
profile of milk served
- Vendor Showcase � Featured vendors offer
products that move school food towards more healthful, regionally-sourced and
sustainably-produced meals, such as whole-grain bread products, low-sodium processed foods and creative frozen vegetable blends.
In addition, the
FamilyFarmed Trade Show will offer workshops including �Food Safety in the
School Garden,� �Large Scale Sustainable Meat Procurement,� �Scaling Up Urban
Agriculture for Wholesale Markets,� and a presentation by the IL Farm to School
Network on �Lessons Learned in School Food Pilots.�
What you
will gain:
- Opportunities to discuss salient
issues, ask questions, and get practical suggestions and advice from peers
on implementing procurement changes
- Networking with food service
professionals, vendors, local community organizations and others involved
in the process of improving school food
- Meeting vendors who may be able to
provide products that better fulfill your food priorities
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