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Notes to Presenter:
Introduce yourself • Who are you? • Where are you from? • What is your background?
Who is the target audience of this training?- explain if the audience is not already aware
Note to Presenter: Please read the full descrip0on below while on this slide:
• This training is brought to you with support from the National Farm to School Network.
• Established in 2007, National Farm to School Network seeks to create strong and just local food systems that ensure the health of children, farms, the environment, the economy and communities. NFSN provides vision, leadership and support to connect and strengthen the Farm to School movement, which now includes more than 12,500 schools spanning all 50 states.
• National Farm to School Network (NFSN) provides vision, leadership and support to connect and strengthen the Farm to School movement across the country. NFSN sets national priorities and policy goals, generates a research agenda, creates and aggregates resources, provides technical assistance, convenes gatherings and promotes the movement. NFSN includes national staff, eight Regional Lead Agencies, 50 State Leads, a 16-member Advisory Board and thousands of on the ground Farm to School supporters.
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Note to Presenter: Please read the full descrip0on below while on this slide:
• This training is part of the Peer Leadership Network supported by the Na0onal Farm to School Network
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Broadly, Farm to School initiatives connect schools, local farms, and communities as part of the movement to strengthen local food systems and reinvigorate local economies. A subset of initiatives called “farm to preschool” conduct similar activities in preschools, early care centers, head start programs.
F2S has 4 distinct components – Local or regional procurement, School gardens, food and ag curriculum, and experiential education such as farm tours, cooking demonstrations, taste tests.
The Farm to School approach – when taken in it’s entirety is the HOLISTIC APPROACH WE NEEDED TO PROMOTE. Not just one of these STRATEGIES, BUT ALL OF THEM TOGETHER to enable lasting change.
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First, we will start our assessment with the opera0ons of your school nutri0on department
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Note to Presenter:
Ask your audience members if they have sugges0ons for great tools and equipment that can help with farm to school.
Good resources for kitchen equipment include:
• Na0onal Food Service Management Ins0tute Website
• Local energy companies which display and demonstrate “demo kitchens” • Equipment vendors. Your equipment representa0ves may be a big help in guiding you toward useful tools and equipment
• Other schools • Recommenda0ons from your state Department of Educa0on (They may be especially helpful in determining what square footage you need, or what size equipment you need for your school enrollment.)
• Cornell University has a helpful full assessment checklist. This resource can be found at the end of the presenta0on and in the handout.
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Include some personal or local examples here. If 0me or audience fits, ask the audience to share informa0on as well.
Some examples include:
Use ends and pieces of veggies such as tomatoes, peppers, onions in salsas, soups, casseroles, smoothies (repurpose foods).
Don’t don’t serve large amounts of new veggies/fruits, so order smaller amounts to start with and it is really not as expensive.
If the opportunity arises, encourage FSD and staff get on the farm for their professional development and help to seal that rela0onship with a farm and farmer? Community partners can help with this.
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Notes to Presenter:
Cycling menus can help you adopt seasonal menus for fall when items are available and for the winter and early spring when they are not.
Consider building flexibility into your menus by adding Harvest of the Month or Vegetable of the Day programs.
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Note to Presenter:
Define “seconds”. Second are imperfectly shaped or cosme0cally impaired products (usually fruits or vegetables) that can’t be sold into the commercial market because of their appearance. Otherwise, they are perfectly fresh and tasty! If you are processing products in house, this may be a good way to get fresh, local product at a lower cost.
Also, review your procurement prac0ces. Are you using formal or informal bids?
Are you using Geographic Preference to help you procure local foods?
These are tools that other departments within your district can help you navigate in order to purchase local food and make your budgets work
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This level includes everything within your school and district, but outside of your school nutri0on department
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Ask the group to share and/or ask ques0ons about their experiences with all different types of administrators
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There is increasing interest in leveraging Wellness Policies in order to improve School Nutri0on Departments. This is an opportunity to partner with others and see change, and emphasize local foods.
People are interested in leveraging Wellness Policy to improve the nutri0on department. This is a shi^ in the posi0ve direc0on.
When Doug wrote his, it was in his way to increase access to USDA programs.
This is an ideal 0me to emphasize wellness policy. With the new HHFK, part of the schools audit is about WP. Has it been updated, is it being followed? A great 0me to include local.
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Here we will look outside of the school itself. How can the community help support your farm to school efforts?
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Ask for audience to share answers to each of these ques0ons, and discuss
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Note to Presenter: Please read the full descrip0on below while on this slide:
Premier conference for all things farm to school/ farm to preschool and beyond. Great opportunity to connect and network with the movers and shakers, and to learn about best practices, tools, and resources.
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Note to presenter: Na-onal Farm to School month occurs each October. If you are hos-ng a training in August, September or October (or if Farm to School Month is relevant to your audience) please include this slide. Otherwise, please delete this slide if it is un-mely."
And we are celebrating farm to school month in October. This is a great opportunity to start your farm to school activity or highlight an existing one!
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Notes to Presenter: Read below text to audience
“This training is part of the Farm to School Peer Leadership Network”
Please complete this evalua0on form so we can improve the quality and effec0veness of these trainings in the future. Also, by comple0ng the evalua0on form and including your contact informa0on, future farm to school support may be available to you.
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Note to Presenter(s):
Please customize this slide with your contact informa0on and the logo of your organiza0on (if applicable)
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