School Food Innovator Series: Fresh From California
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
Learn about the Fresh from California campaign: an opportunity for school districts to increase access to California-grown fruits and vegetables. This session highlights ideas for increasing local procurement and guidance on activating connections with local fresh fruit and vegetable vendors.
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Chat: Fresh From California
Welcome! Please introduce yourself by typing your name, position, and where you work into the chat box. Tell us about a local farmer that you currently purchase from. What produce item do you purchase from them for your district?
Toni Kraft
Farm to Institution Center Toni Kraft
Kristen Hickman Buyer for Oakland USD and we are buying Modi Apples from JJB Family Farms
Julie Fletcher, Director, Dallas ISD. We purchase field peas from Sides Pea Farm in Canton, TX.
good morning, everyone. Glad to see you all here. I am Zenobia Barlow, Interim ED at the Center for Ecoliteracy.
Welcome in everyone! Crystal Whitelaw Hall, Program Manager for California Food for California Kids at the Center for Ecoliteracy
Amy Haessly, Fallbrook Union Elementary School District - we're currently purchasing cherry tomatoes from Dassi Farm and persimmons from Davis Farm Yum!
Laurel Goins Lucia MAr Unified. We purchase carrots, beets and herbs from Bautista farms
Hello! Mickinzie here from LunchAssist!
Good Morning Everyone! Abby Halperin, Policy and Grants Manager at the Center for Ecoliteracy. Love seeing all these delicious items you’re purchasing from local farmers.
Iskra Kearns , Production Lead at Fallbrook Union Elementary School District.
Fred Espinosa - San Diego Unified School District.
Farmer Ron- Sahu Subtropicals- Persimons - our harvest of the month. Rainbow CA.
Fred - can you share Sahu contact information? Oakland has been trying to get a hold of them but with no luck. Thanks
Hi Nancy. How are you. Long time - no see. Hope all is well. Fred
Karly Wasung- Vista Unified School District. We use Food 4 Thought for our CA produce!
Those tamales look delicious ?!
Hi Fred,
Sign up for Fresh from California offerings: [link] Contact email: crystal@ecoliteracy.org
Hi All! Ben from CAFF here. Joined by phone before and just switched over to video.
Farm to Institution Center link: [link]
Resource developed by Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) and Community Health Improvement Partner’s (CHIP) Farm to Institution Center: [link]
new MB from CDE on Wed. that has increased micro-purchase option to $50,000
Woah! @Nancy that is fantastic news!
Great news @Nancy- thank you for sharing!
Wow, $50K! That's a game changer, thank you for sharing Nancy!
new policy SP 02-2022, CACFP 03-2022, 2 CFR 200.320(a)(1)
Good morning, Jenny Larkin, CalFresh Healthy Living, County of Santa Cruz. Just learning about this process to support our districts & farmers. Working with Esperanza Community Farm in Watsonville.
Link to quiz: [link]
Yay! So exciting!
Please pass along my CEL swag to a school district!
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: (1) Share a win you’ve had in procuring or promoting California-grown food? (2) What has been a challenge when procuring or promoting locally-sourced food? (3) What do you hope to improve in your farm to school program in the next year?
Fresh from California Campaign Webpage: [link]
Have to hop off for a 10am meeting - talk to you soon!
Thanks all!
The California School District Produce Procurement Guide: [link]
CAFF-and-CHIP-Procurement-Resource_FINAL-1.pdf
CAFF Bid Generator: [link]
FOE Organic Product and Supplier List: [link]
Great presentation - thank you!
Thanks for all the great resources and work you’ve all done! Can you share powerpoint with us?
I am getting a Forbidden error with the first link
wonderful, thanks so much! great presentation
A great thank you to everyone who is helping to make this easier for school districts! Its awesome to see how far school food service has come …. thanks again.
Thank you! I want to give a shout out to Dane! He has helped us tremendously to find local farmers and is always available to support with anything we need.
Ditto that the first link is not working. Forbidden.
CDPH has encouraged distancing on campus, including cafeterias... salad bars are on hold for us. Additionally our meal counts have increased 189% compared to pre-covid. Time to eat has not increased to accommodate this …. Salad bars are on hold for now for our district. We package (sadly) our salads and veggies for now.
Sorry, folks, we’ll get the correct link to the California School District Produce Procurement Guide and send it out via email following today’s event.
Thank you to the CEL team for hosting this great meeting!
The California School District Produce Procurement Guide: [link]
Guide [link]
Thank you everyone!
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August 25 2022
