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District nutrition director seeks local control of USDA commodities, plans resolution to leave cooperative
Summary
Debbie, the district’s Director of Child Nutrition, told the board the department served more than a million meals last year and plans to bring a resolution to withdraw from the Peno (Partners in Nutrition Cooperative) JPA to gain local control over commodity purchasing and support scratch cooking.
“My name is Debbie. I’m the Director of Child Nutrition,” Debbie said as she introduced her team and summarized the department’s work: last year the district served roughly 1.3 million breakfasts, 1.5 million lunches and about 325,000 suppers and snacks and received approximately $13.6 million in state and federal reimbursements.
Debbie described how USDA entitlement funding and commodities work and said the district’s entitlement last year was “just under $600,000.” She explained that Peno (Partners in Nutrition Cooperative), a joint powers authority used by multiple…
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