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Homegrown Springfield tells school committee meal participation up, focuses on local sourcing and allergy safeguards
Summary
Homegrown Springfield reported meal participation gains and student taste-testing work, highlighted local vendors and said school nurses and the meal operation share allergy data to protect students.
Homegrown Springfield, the not-for-profit operator that supplies meals to Springfield Public Schools, presented a year-in-review to the school committee on Jan. 22, reporting increased student participation, new local vendors and steps to expand student engagement and sustainability.
Executive director Xavier Victor said the district had improved meal participation from roughly 74% to 80% last school year and that year-to-date participation was approaching the high 80s. Victor described work with student taste…
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