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Honorable Mention
St. Vrain Valley Schools Longmont, Colorado
Career Academy (South Bend, IN) Dorchester County Public Schools Houston ISD Indian Creek School District Litchfield School District Mooresville Graded School District Murtaugh School District Panorama C.S.D. Parma City Schools Pitt County Schools Rialto USD Tolleson Elementary School District Trimble County Schools Troup County Schools Virginia Beach City Public Schools Additional Submissions
How they got here: Innovative use of partnerships with multiple educational programs What we love: Student-raised pigs and lambs on the menu - adding over 800 pounds of food locally raised In their words: Our team is creating a committed connected inter building / department action team in Education, Agriscience, AgTech, Food Innovation, Bioscience, STEM, Business & Entrepreneurial opportunities for students by offering potential new educational and career pathways. The foodservice departments partnerships with these programs create a variety of opportunities for innovation: • FarmBox hydroponic storage container farm and student-led leafy greens foodservice business • Student-raised pigs and lambs that are processed by a local USDA processor to be served as scratch forward Pork Nachos, Student-Raised Greek Walking Nachos • Hyper-local salad bars featuring produce from local farming partners and scratch-forward vegetarian/vegan choices • Prostart Culinary Program where students work in their high school cafeteria learning school foodservice skills. Students earn certification hours and are also paid as a student worker • SVVSD Innovation Center is using drone monitoring and VR technology to monitor agriculture and also the creation of a Meta World spaces for virtual farmers markets and field trips • Reduction of food waste through partnership with Eco-Cycle in Boulder, CO - creating Green Schools through recycling and composting in the cafeterias. In the near future food will be collected and used as supplemental feeding for farm animals In conclusion, students are becoming more aware and excited about our school meal program and food system because of these axillary education innovations. We have more exciting opportunities on the horizon including dynamic partnerships!
• Angelo Milan • Auburn-Washbun usd437 • Bayes Achievement Center • Benilde - St. Margaret’s • Canon City RE-1 • Capac Community Schools • Castleberry ISD • Catholic Diocese of Lexington • Clio Area Schools • Concordia Charter School • Crestwood SD • Cuyahoga Falls City School • Elizabeth City- Pasquotank PS • Franklin McKinley SD • Freeport Schools • Galena Park ISD • Georgetown ISD • Glenpool PS • Hampton Bays UFSD • Hanover D 28 • Kelly Price • Kern High SD • King George CS • Kirbyville R-VI SD • Lancaster County SD • Lawrenceburg Community SD • Lewisville ISD - Aramark/ Child Nutrition Office • Livingston Parish PS • Loraine ISD • Loup City Public Schools • LVUSD Child Nutrition • Magnolia ISD
• May ISD • McLean County
• Morongo Unified SD • North central Parke Community Schools • District 1 • Pittsburgh Public Schools • Plymouth SD • Poplar Bluff R-1 • Ranger Independent SD • Raymond SD • Rich Township HS District 227 • River Bend School District #2 • Roxana CUSD #1
• Saint Clair Area SD • Sandy Valley Local • Springville-Griffith Institute Central SD • Sugar Valley Rural Charter School • Three Village CSD • USD 207 Fort Leavenworth • USD 480
• Vanderbilt Area schools • Victor Valley Union High School District • Vista Del Lago High School • Webster PS • West Deptford • Willis ISD • Wood County Board of Education • Wyandotte PS
• YES Prep PS • York Schools
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