WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash.—The Caesar salads served up in some school cafeterias are about to cut their commute time, as a new processing center will allow more local produce to be served in schools.
Cloud Mountain Farm Center in Everson recently completed a new processing center, which will provide prepared local produce for the Bellingham and Nooksack Valley school districts and Western Washington University starting this fall.
The center had a test run Tuesday, June 3, using out-of-town produce that it processed for delivery the next day to the Bellingham School District.