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Finding and Buying Local Foods
Finding and Buying Local Foods
BY: USDA (part of The USDA Farm to School Planning Toolkit)
DESCRIPTION: In this third webinar, USDA Farm to School local food procurement guru, Christina Conell, breaks down the how-tos of finding and buying local food. We’ll cover a few procurement basics and then focus on where the opportunities are to target local products in the purchasing process. Join to gain insights on how to start making change in your process, big or small. Hungry for more? Check out our webpage dedicated to procuring local foods!
Farm to School Menu Planning
Farm to School Menu Planning
BY: USDA (part of The USDA Farm to School Planning Toolkit)
DESCRIPTION: Bring local products to life on your school menus! In this fourth webinar, Chef Kent Getzin, Director of Food Services in Wenatchee, WA will share a variety of ways to incorporate local products into your school recipes, salad bars, and cycle menus so they become permanent items in your kitchen inventory. Prepare for the presentation by drooling over the local food featured in The Lunch Room: Wenatchee's Farm to School Movement.
Food Safety
Food Safety
BY: USDA (part of The USDA Farm to School Planning Toolkit)
DESCRIPTION: How can we ensure the safety of farm fresh food? In this fifth webinar, we’ll share local food safety best practices, including identifying safety measures for school gardens and school salad bars. Joining us is Londa Nwadike, PhD, who serves as Extension Food Safety Specialist for both Kansas State University and the University of Missouri. She works with small-scale produce farmers, farmers market vendors, as well as schools and consumers on food safety-related issues.
Tying It All Together and Digging In
Tying It All Together and Digging In
BY: USDA (part of The USDA Farm to School Planning Toolkit)
DESCRIPTION: Join us for a healthy dose of motivation in this, the final webinar of the series. Deborah Kane, Director of USDA’s Office of Community Food Systems, will hit the highlights by showing how local procurement fits into the larger farm to school picture and share several resources to help you meet your local purchasing goals.
Procuring Local Foods for Child Nutrition Programs
Procuring Local Foods for Child Nutrition Programs
BY: USDA
DESCRIPTION: Provides an overview of Federal procurement principles and highlights the variety of mechanisms schools can use to purchase local products while staying in accordance with federal procurement regulations.
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