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FOOD SERVICE UPDATE Seed Change Grant Wrap up Wrap up of the Seed Change grant which sent us to the Farm to School Conference in Madison, Wisconsin Added a second high tunnel, solar powered temperature control, 6 more hydroponic beds, a

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FOOD SERVICE UPDATE

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Seed Change Grant Wrap up

  • Wrap up of the Seed Change grant which sent us to the Farm to School

Conference in Madison, Wisconsin

  • Added a second high tunnel, solar powered temperature control, 6 more hydroponic beds, a

sink and work table with the help of Eagle Scout Geoffrey Barrett.

  • Hosted 3 trainings on the workings of farm to school with grantees of the Seed Change grant

here at GV.

  • Looking to create an education area near the high tunnel for the students to utilize.
  • Had a farmer visit to help us plant a butterfly garden with the students at KD’s Warwick

program.

Collaboration with teachers, support organizations, PDE, USDA, Food Trust, Dept. of Ag across PA to create a farm to school network

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Garden

  • Record number of KD classes came out this year to plant their seedlings
  • We sent out 110 seed kids to classes this year!
  • This spring we have harvested and delivered to the cafeterias:
  • Spinach, lettuce, Basil, Cabbage, Pok Choy (a smaller version of Bok Choy),

Turnips, and Kohlrabi

  • Turnips and Kohlrabi we used for the farmers market taste tests.
  • Continued assistance from the Chester County Food Bank

for farming knowledge

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Summer program with “food truck”

  • Located in the Bryn Erin community park at the end of Kelmar Ave.
  • We will serve students free of charge meals four days a week. June 20th – August

19th.

  • Reimbursed by the USDA Summer Meal Program
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Recipe Contest

  • Hosted 2nd Annual Middle School Recipe contest
  • 6th grade winner-Rose Bleahen
  • “Italian Panini with Sundried Tomato Mayo” will be

featured on the middle school menu next year and served at our specialty station.

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2016-2017 SY Lunch Pricing

  • $.25 per meal increase
  • Elementary- $2.75
  • Middle School-$3.00
  • High School $3.25
  • 16% increase in PSERS= $15,000 increase over this year

District 15-16 Lunch Prices Elementary Middle High Upper Merion Tredyffrin/Easttown Owen J Roberts Lower Merion $2.75 $2.75 $2.75 $2.75 $3.25 $2.95 $3.00 $3.50 $3.25 $3.25 $3.25 $3.65

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NSLP Options

  • We maintain high meal participation
  • Shifted a la carte sales to reimbursable meals
  • More availability of compliant items

Current High School Reimbursement: $14,500 70% Free and reduced meal participation:$ 8,300

  • Total month expense: 22,800
  • Year expense: $228,000
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Child Reauthorization

  • House Bill H.R 5003 “Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016”
  • 3 pilot states – set grant at 2016 reimbursement
  • Removal of the additional $.06 reimbursement from the HHFKA
  • As low income populations increase funding will not be available
  • Degradation of the nutritional standards

Please contact your congress representative to vote no to House Bill H.R.5003

  • http://cqrcengage.com/schoolnutrition/app/onestep-write-a-

letter?5&engagementId=206573