Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation serves vegetable strips in cups of ranch dressing, using local cucumbers, peppers, and cherry tomatoes, in season.
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Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation serves vegetable strips in cups of ranch dressing, using local cucumbers, peppers, and cherry tomatoes, in season.
Open since 1922, Kercher’s Sunrise Orchards operates about 600 acres of fruits and vegetables – apples, cabbage, sweet corn, broccoli, zucchini, yellow squash, winter squash, pumpkins, and peaches.
The Maconaquah Cattle Company, located on the main campus of the Maconaquah School Corporation, has received a $100,000 federal grant that will allow them to expand the program and raise more cows, which are eventually butchered and served at the schools’ cafeterias.
Student vegetable intake increased 25% when Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation launched their farm to school program. They started sourcing Indiana-grown ingredients in 2008 with three products, and Director of Food Service Nancy Millspaugh says she has made an effort to add one or two new items every year since.
When Becky Landes started with Manchester schools over 17 years ago, she was just looking for a job that would allow her to be on the same schedule as her kids. Now the Food Service Director, a position that she has held for 10 years, Becky prides herself on her schools’ involvement in farm to school.
Students and staff of Paoli FFA raise animals and produce for both their schools and the entire community. This couldn’t happen without the incredible support from their leadership and the Town of Paoli as a whole!