Farm to School lunch!
Friday, April 22, McKinley Cafeteria
10:55, 11:25 and 11:55 am
What is Farm to School? Farm to School programs connect schools and local farms with the goals of serving healthy meals in school cafeterias, improving student nutrition, providing education opportunities, and supporting local and regional farmers. We want to help students think about what they eat and where it comes from.
Salem-Keizer Food and Nutrition Services and Sodexo have prepared a special menu to highlight some of Oregon’s farmers and producers, many featured regularly in our school cafeterias. Truitt Brothers is a company that is Food Alliance Certified, offering sustainable, responsibly-produced food. Draper Valley Chicken and Painted Hills Beef provide meat that is always vegetarian-fed, humanely raised and sustainably farmed. Don Pancho and EZ Orchards are two local companies that source from local farms, and provide local jobs.
What better way to celebrate Earth day than supporting our local farmers and producers who work hard every day to sustain the rich natural environment we have here in the Willamette Valley. We also have two local farmers from Pitchfork and Crow coming to speak at an assembly at 10:00 in the gym. They will show all the things done on a farm from A to Z. And what better way to emphasize the power of buying and eating locally. Come show your support and have lunch with your child!
Menu and Pricing:
*Draper Valley Baked Chicken Wings w/Honey Mustard served with a black bean corn salad
*Painted Hills Meatballs with whole wheat Spaghetti served with lemon pepper green beans.
*Truitt Brothers Vegetarian Black Bean Tacos served on Don Poncho flour tortillas, with lettuce, tomatoes, and Tillamook cheddar cheese. Served with Spanish rice.
Also available: Truitt Brothers beans, and pears, EZ Orchards apples, and Oregon Mushrooms
Students: $1.75 (regular price; free and reduced prices apply)
Adults: $3.00
Our daughter came home raving about how wonderful the food was today! She loved the assembly and meeting the farmer husband and wife team, and thought it was great that McKinley learned some new recipes! Thank you to everyone for making this happen!
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