Farm-to-School: Linking Local Farms and the Lunchroom

1. Farm-to-School: Linking Local Farms and the Lunchroom

2. Josh Miner Farm-to-School Coordinator La Crosse County Health Dept. miner.joshua@co.la-crosse.wi.us 608.785.5579

3. La Crosse F2S • Processor Farmer Farmer Aggregator/ Distributor Farmer Farmer School School School School School School School School School School School School School School School School Farmer

4. Processor Farmer Farmer Aggregator/ Distributor Farmer Farmer School School School School School School School School School School School School School School School School Farmer

5. Produce (to date) • Carrots (fresh & frozen) • Multi-colored potatoes (cubed, roasted, frozen) • Cabbage (shredded and quartered, fresh) • Beets(bulk raw & roasted, sliced) • Cucumbers (bulk raw) • Mixed winter squash (roasted, pureed, frozen) • Watermelon (bulk) • Collard greens (chopped, blanched, frozen) • Parsnips (bulk, raw) • Apples (bulk, raw) • Beef(2-oz, all-natural, uncured skinless wieners) • Hand-harvested lake wild rice (bulk, parched)

6. Producers (to date) • Ed Fields and Sons, Andover, MN • AlsumsFarms and Produce, Friesland, WI • Jolivette Family Farms, West Salem, WI • KeewaydinFarms, Viola, WI • Noble Organics, Cashton, WI • Organic Valley, La Farge, WI • Harmony Valley Farm, Harmony, WI • Ecker’s Apple Orchard, Trempeleau, WI • Coulee Region Fair Trade Beef Cull Association, Coon Valley, WI • Nature herself (No. WI/No. MN/So. Canada)

7. Processors (to date) • Wisconsin Innovation Center (Mineral Point) • Keewaydin/Fifth Season Co-op • Premier Meats (Viroqua) • Usinger’s Sausage Co. (Milwaukee) • School District FS Staff

8. Distributors (to date) • Jolivette Family Farms (freight & delivery) • Alsum Farms & Produce (freight) • Reinhart (delivery) • Ecker’s (delivery) • Keewaydin (delivery) • Noble Organics (freight) • Harmony Valley (delivery) • UPS (delivery) • Josh Miner (delivery)

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11. Multi-colored potatoes: Roasted, wedges (frozen) Raw Product 1,800 lbs white, red, purple, yellow potatoes 16¢/lb (delivered) Alsum Farms Processing 1,448 lbs; 80% yield 20¢/lb yield-adj. COI 50¢/lb labor WI Innovation Kitchen $13.98/20-lb case Freight $100 Prime vendor model: $2/cs handling $17.36/cs 87¢/lb; 24% over COI + labor Warehousing & Logistics $15.36/20-lb case Landed cost $20/site drop charge Independent delivery model: 1-2 cs/site; $20/site drop charge $25.36/cs $1.27/lb; 81% over COI + labor 46% over PV model

12. Hard Squash: Roasted puree (frozen) Raw Product 1,215 lbs mixed winter squash 49.6¢/lb (delivered) Organic Valley, Noble Organics Processing 571lbs; 47% yield $1.06/lb yield-adj. COI 50¢/lb labor WI Innovation Kitchen $31.11/20-lb case Freight $100 Warehousing & Logistics $34.61/20-lb case Landed cost Prime vendor model: $2/cs handling $36.61/cs $1.83/lb; 18% over COI + labor $20/site drop charge Independent delivery model: 1-2 cs/site; $20/site drop charge $44.61/cs $2.23/lb; 43% over COI + labor 22% over PV model

13. Broccoli: Spears (frozen) [Theoretical] Processing 2,400lbs; 80% yield 75¢/lb yield-adj. COI 35¢/lb labor WI Innovation Kitchen $22.00/20-lb case Raw Product 3,000 lbs 60¢/lb (delivered) Freight $100 Warehousing & Logistics $22.83/20-lb case Landed cost Prime vendor model: $2/cs handling $24.83/cs $1.24/lb; 13% over COI + labor 24% over CA product  $20/site drop charge Independent delivery model: 1-2 cs/site; $20/site drop charge $32.83/cs $1.64/lb; 50% over COI + labor 32% over PV model; 64% over CA

14. Jolivette, Alsum, OV, Individual Farmer Farmer Aggregator/ Distributor • Processor Farmer Farmer Prime Vendor/ Distributor WIK, Gunderson Foods, Fifth Season, ?? Prime Vendor QA = $5M liability GAP/GHP Jolivette Reinhart, Sysco, Chartwells, etc. School School School School Hospital/ University School School School School School School School School