USDA official encourages Wisconsin school districts to source more local foods
At the Wisconsin Farm to School Summit, Deborah Kane, the director of the USDA’s Farm to School Program urged districts to increase the funds allocated towards sourcing local foods by 15%. Wisconsin school districts have spent $9.5 million on providing local food for school meals.
Va. schools may transfer foodservice employees to Sodexo payroll
The deadline for the Halifax County Public School Board to submit a renewal of their contract with Sodexo, a food service management company, to the Virginia Department of Education is March 31, and with that may be an amendment that would transfer cafeteria workers to become Sodexo employees.