LFS Goals SY25/26

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1	Local Food in Schools Community of Practice 2025-26
2	Name	City	Site	Population Served (ECE, K-12, etc)	Number of Students	Goals
3	Jarely Flores	Yuma	15 ECEs	ECEs	~170	Increase local procurement through Farm to ECE
4	Iris Tirado & James Lang	Mesa	Concordia Charter School	K-8	~120	Served a full menu locally sourced. Reach zero food waste by the end of the 26/27 school year
5	Karma Merkley	San Tan Valley	J. O. Combs USD	K-12	3778	Learing about all this.
6	Kaleigh Stivers	Phoenix	Phoenix Elementary School District #1	K-8	5,000	Increase Local Procurement, Currently going through Bids with produce vendors that offer much more local produce. Would like to do a monthly harvest of the month table
7	Theresa LeGros	N/A (live in Benson, work in UA Tucson)	AZ public schools	K-12		Support ~100 school gardens with DIG in Schools web portal (certalized resources & DIG in School materials) and a virtual Learning Collaborative - includes just a little procurement
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9	Cindy Gentry	Tempe	Sun Produce Co-op	Schools, institutions		build more relationships with schools, grow more planned production opportunities with Pivot Produce to reach more districts, schools, underserved areas with local food options and more support for more small-acreage farms - opportunities to get their food into schools.
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11	Dawn Torres-Rivas	Mesa	American Leadership Academy	K-12 serving	18K	Looking for funding and ideas to improve our food program
12	Tricia Kinnell	Yuma	Yuma County Schools and ECE centers	ECE, K-12		Increasing local procurement, learning about the procurement process for schools and ece programs, connecting Farmers to schools, Harvest of the Month
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