1 / 15

Sustainably Sourced School Meals Engage and Educate Students

Learn how CPS, the nation's third-largest district, serves over 350,000 nutritious meals daily with a focus on local procurement, farm tours, and innovative meal options engaging students. Contact Bob Bloomer for more info.

wanda
Download Presentation

Sustainably Sourced School Meals Engage and Educate Students

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Many Faces of Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Bob Bloomer, Regional Vice President

  2. CPS: Third Largest District in Nation CTH Program for CPS Schools: 473 Daily breakfasts: 120,000 Daily lunches: 214,000 After school dinner 11,775 F&R meals: 82%

  3. Local Procurement Program - $10K pilot in 2007

  4. Frozen Local Program - 2009 launch

  5. Local Procurement Program - Students enjoy fresh-taste

  6. Expanded Local Fresh Program - Students eat fresh peaches for the first time

  7. Expanded Local Fresh Program - Potatoes supplied by Illinois-based De Groot Farms

  8. Request for Information - Sent to producers in Illinois and neighboring states

  9. Launched Farm Tour Program • Cristina Foods sponsored tour to Michigan orchard

  10. Introduced Fresh-baked Bone-in Chicken - Ordered 34 truckloads USDA chicken leg-quarters

  11. Rachael Ray’s Yum-o! Windy City Chicken - Served to students in 473 CPS schools

  12. Contracted with Miller Amish Country Poultry - Procured 1.2 Million pounds of drumsticks

  13. Fresh-baked Chicken is a Student Favorite

  14. Bob Bloomer, Regional Vice President Bob.Bloomer@compass-usa.com 773-722-4964

More Related