School Food Innovator Series: Fresh From California

00:16:40
Center for Ecoliteracy:
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?

00:17:08
Antoinette Kraft:
Toni Kraft

00:17:23
Antoinette Kraft:
Farm to Institution Center Toni Kraft

00:17:51
Kristen Hickman:
Kristen Hickman Buyer for Oakland USD and we are buying Modi Apples from JJB Family Farms

00:17:54
Julie Fletcher:
Julie Fletcher, Director, Dallas ISD. We purchase field peas from Sides Pea Farm in Canton, TX.

00:18:18
ZENOBIA BARLOW:
good morning, everyone.  Glad to see you all here.  I am Zenobia Barlow, Interim ED at the Center for Ecoliteracy.

00:18:21
Crystal Whitelaw Hall I Center for Ecoliteracy:
Welcome in everyone! Crystal Whitelaw Hall, Program Manager  for California Food for California Kids at the Center for Ecoliteracy

00:18:24
Amy Haessly:
Amy Haessly, Fallbrook Union Elementary School District - we're currently purchasing cherry tomatoes from Dassi Farm and persimmons from Davis Farm  Yum!

00:18:35
Laurel Goins:
Laurel Goins Lucia MAr Unified. We purchase carrots, beets and herbs from Bautista farms

00:18:48
Mickinzie Lopez:
Hello! Mickinzie here from LunchAssist!

00:19:32
Abby Halperin:
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.

00:19:49
iskra kearns:
Iskra Kearns , Production Lead at Fallbrook Union Elementary School District.

00:21:11
Fred espinosa:
Fred Espinosa - San Diego Unified School District.

00:21:51
Fred espinosa:
Farmer Ron- Sahu Subtropicals- Persimons - our harvest of the month. Rainbow CA.

00:26:07
Amy Glodde:
Fred - can you share Sahu contact information? Oakland has been trying to get a hold of them but with no luck. Thanks

00:28:47
Fred espinosa:
Hi Nancy. How are you. Long time - no see. Hope all is well. Fred

00:29:03
Karolyn Wasung:
Karly Wasung- Vista Unified School District. We use Food 4 Thought for our CA produce!

00:30:26
Mickinzie Lopez | LunchAssist:
Those tamales look delicious ?!

00:31:42
Nancy Rostomily:
Hi Fred,

00:34:34
Center for Ecoliteracy:
Sign up for Fresh from California offerings: https://www.californiafoodforcaliforniakids.org/fresh-from-ca Contact email: crystal@ecoliteracy.org

00:35:59
Ben Thomas:
Hi All! Ben from CAFF here. Joined by phone before and just switched over to video.

00:37:22
Dane Petersen, CHIP - F2I Center:
Farm to Institution Center link: https://f2icenter.org/resources/farm-to-school-taskforce/

00:37:28
Dane Petersen, CHIP - F2I Center:
Resource developed by Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) and Community Health Improvement Partner’s (CHIP) Farm to Institution Center: https://www.caff.org/ca-school-district-produce-procurement-guide/

00:39:19
Nancy Rostomily:
new MB from CDE on Wed. that has increased micro-purchase option to $50,000

00:44:30
Ben Thomas:
Woah! @Nancy that is fantastic news!

00:46:23
Crystal Whitelaw Hall I Center for Ecoliteracy:
Great news @Nancy- thank you for sharing!

00:50:44
Dane Petersen, CHIP - F2I Center:
Wow, $50K! That's a game changer, thank you for sharing Nancy!

00:50:46
Nancy Rostomily:
new policy SP 02-2022, CACFP 03-2022, 2 CFR 200.320(a)(1)

00:50:59
Jennifer Larkin:
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.

00:57:21
Center for Ecoliteracy:
Link to quiz: https://www.menti.com/387k21x696

01:02:30
Kristen Hickman:
Yay! So exciting!

01:02:44
Dane Petersen, CHIP - F2I Center:
Please pass along my CEL swag to a school district!

01:04:47
Center for Ecoliteracy:
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?

01:18:30
Center for Ecoliteracy:
Fresh from California Campaign Webpage: https://www.californiafoodforcaliforniakids.org/fresh-from-ca

01:18:32
Ben Thomas:
Have to hop off for a 10am meeting - talk to you soon!

01:18:37
Ben Thomas:
Thanks all!

01:18:43
Center for Ecoliteracy:
The California School District Produce Procurement Guide: https://f2icenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/

01:18:54
Center for Ecoliteracy:
CAFF-and-CHIP-Procurement-Resource_FINAL-1.pdf

01:18:54
Center for Ecoliteracy:
CAFF Bid Generator: https://www.bidgenerator.org/

01:19:04
Center for Ecoliteracy:
FOE Organic Product and Supplier List: https://1bps6437gg8c169i0y1drtgz-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Organic-School-Food_Appendix_revised_V4.1_092821.pdf

01:19:58
Kristen Hickman:
Great presentation - thank you!

01:20:11
Anna Jackson:
Thanks for all the great resources and work you’ve all done! Can you share powerpoint with us?

01:20:26
Karolyn Wasung:
I am getting a Forbidden error with the first link

01:20:35
Anna Jackson:
wonderful, thanks so much! great presentation

01:20:43
Kat Soltanmorad:
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.

01:21:17
Amy Haessly:
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.

01:21:54
Jennifer Larkin:
Ditto that the first link is not working. Forbidden.

01:23:05
Kat Soltanmorad:
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.

01:25:03
Center for Ecoliteracy:
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.

01:25:19
Dane Petersen, CHIP - F2I Center:
Thank you to the CEL team for hosting this great meeting!

01:26:07
Crystal Whitelaw Hall I Center for Ecoliteracy:
The California School District Produce Procurement Guide: https://f2icenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/CAFF-and-CHIP-Procurement-Resource_FINAL-1.pdf

01:26:51
Yousef Buzayan - CAFF - he/him:
Guide https://www.dropbox.com/s/p8f01a8vfhud93x/The%20California%20School%20District%20Produce%20Procurement%20Guide.pdf?dl=0

01:26:57
Crystal Whitelaw Hall I Center for Ecoliteracy:
Thank you everyone!