Food Service Updates

^{Happy New Year! We have so many updates for the school year 2425 :)}

^{We have new staff, new equipment and new technology!}

^{Our baker is back and we have 'house' items which indicate that the item is made from scratch in-house. We have eliminated chocolate milk from Blossom Hill and Lexington Elementary Schools. The remaining elementary schools will have chocolate milk on Fridays only (except Lakeside).}

^{We continue purchasing more and more local foods from places like Spork Food Hub (in Davis), AgLink Food Hub in Ballico, and Top10 Food Hub in Watsonville.}

^{We purchase local bread from AltaMira Bakery in Berkeley, and some dairy from Straus Creamery and Clover Sonoma.}

^{We strive to make our offerings better and fresher every day!}

We also partner with Second Harvest Food Bank Child Nutrition Coalition for advocacy support and the Chef Ann Foundation for support with increasing scratch cooking, grants, and culinary student apprenticeships.

For more information:

https://www.shfb.org/

https://www.chefannfoundation.org/

Transitional Standards for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium Final Rule

Do you know how school meals work? Consider reviewing the RICHARD B. RUSSELL NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT here!

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
email:
[email protected]

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.