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Nutrition Improvement Initiative Status for PiE

Nutrition Improvement Initiative Status for PiE. 5/7/2012. Agenda. School Garden Nutrition Improvement & Farm to School Where are we? Budget. School Garden. School Year 2010-2011 Built school garden Largely funded by 2 grants Skinny Pancake ($500) Annie’s noodles ($200)

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Nutrition Improvement Initiative Status for PiE

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  1. Nutrition Improvement Initiative Status for PiE 5/7/2012

  2. Agenda • School Garden • Nutrition Improvement & Farm to School • Where are we? • Budget

  3. School Garden • School Year 2010-2011 • Built school garden • Largely funded by 2 grants • Skinny Pancake ($500) • Annie’s noodles ($200) • Supports summer school and regular school • School Year 2011-2012 • Improved the open house dinner • 1 team in the Junior Iron Chef • Established seed day and seed lab based on best practices • Improvements desired • Shed • Benches … outdoor classroom • Blueberry bushes • Just won the Home Depot $500 garden grant

  4. Nutrition Improvement • Meet appx every 6 weeks • Following VT FEED Farm to School (FTS) materials on transforming school food programs • Developed mission statement for the school food program • Surveyed Parents about cafeteria food • Over 50% of families responded. Lots of interest. • Currently surveying students about cafeteria food

  5. Path to a FTS school • Establish team - key players + extended team • Educate the community • Great change in the cafeteria program depends on • Education • Change • Powering thru the resistance – parent and student

  6. Where are we? • Nutrition Education Institute • Focus is connecting the classroom nutrition education to the cafeteria and to the community • 3 day training for team of 6 • Mentor/consultant for 18 months • This is a big win for HCS • State of VT FTS implementation grant (appx 20K) • Money will support cafeteria purchasing practices and changing food offerings • Application due in October 2012 • If we don’t win… • School Year 2012-2013 • VT Hunger program – Cooking for Life • King Arthur’s bread program • Plus Nutrition Education Institute changes. This will largely drive this group’s agenda.

  7. Annual Support from PiE • Garden • $500 per year • $200 startup • $300 improvement/supplies/celebration • Open House dinner • $300 per year – who budgets this? • Cafeteria FTS Training/Conferences • $500 - $1000 per year • Cafeteria general support ?? • Junior Iron Chefsupport • $200 per team

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