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Thinking Outside the Box

Farm 2 School Summer Institute

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About Us

  • Crista Hawkins RDN, LD – Youth Wellness Senior Director – Oregon Dairy Council

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  • Jessica Visinsky MS RD MBA – Operations & Policy Analyst , Child Nutrition Programs – Oregon Department of Education

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Oregon Department of Education

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Who is in the Room?

  • Introductions
    • Name
    • District
    • Position
    • What is one Farm 2 School item that you are really excited about?

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Spot the Farm 2 School items

Oregon Department of Education

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How about these?

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Fruit, Veggies and Beyond

  • Farm 2 School is so much more…
    • All food components – fruit, vegetables, grain, meat/meat alternate, dairy
    • Fresh, frozen, dried, canned
    • Lunch, breakfast, snack, supper, summer

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Farm 2 Flip Chart Activity

For each food component

Consider…

    • What are you already purchasing and serving that is locally grown, raised, caught or processed?
    • What local items are you interested in investigating or adding to your menus?

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  • How do you promote and share your local Farm 2 menu items or Farm 2 activities?

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Recipe Creation – 20 minutes

  • Each team has been assigned two local ingredients that must be used
  • Other items are available for all teams

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  • Think outside the box – get creative – Have Fun!
  • As a team, come up with a menu item idea
    • Make the item
    • Name the item
    • Decide how you would promote the item

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  • Share out

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Here to Help

Crista Hawkins – Oregon Dairy Council, chawkins@ordairy.org

Jessica Visinsky – Oregon Department of Education, jessica.visinsky@ode.oregon.gov

Oregon Department of Education

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Thank You

Oregon Department of Education

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