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District nutrition staff report progress on scratch cooking, grants and self-serve produce stations
Summary
Student nutrition leaders described a multi-year shift toward scratch cooking, staff certifications, new grants and equipment to expand fresh food offerings, including an 18-station, districtwide self-serve fruit-and-vegetable rollout funded by Whole Kids/Whole Foods.
Yuma Union High School District nutrition leaders told the governing board they have accelerated a multi-year shift to scratch cooking after receiving a Chef Ann Foundation grant and additional funding from local and national partners.
Elena Hildred, the district’s executive director for student nutrition services, said the district received a $66,500 grant from the Sprouts Healthy Community Foundation in September to support student activities and gardening programs and that the Whole Kids/Whole Foods grant will provide 18 self-serve fresh fruit-and-vegetable stations for district schools.
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