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T he International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) recently hosted a K-12 School Forum, during their annual Foodservice Conference & Expo in Monterey, California. The K-12 School Forum is a “programming track” that’s designed to create opportunities for ideation, collaboration, and discussions between school menu planners and the produce industry, while also addressing ways to expand the variety of fresh fruit and vegetables available to children at school. This unique IFPA event enables school nutrition operators to connect 1-on- 1 with produce grower-shippers, explore new produce and packaging, and spend time with school nutrition peers to discuss best practices for sourcing, serving, and promoting fresh produce in school meals and other programs, like the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) and USDA-DoD Fresh. As part of the programming, school menu planners experienced 3-days in the “heart” of the produce industry’s California production region, while participating in programming focused on new and innovative ways to incorporate more fresh produce on their menu.
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