Oct 31, 2018 | Food Service Professionals, Parents & Students
Local Procurement Thresholds for Schools Increase Did you know? The regulations around procurement thresholds has changed…and for the better! The threshold for micro-purchases has increased from $3,500 to $10,000. The federal simplified acquisition threshold...
Sep 10, 2018 | Food Service Professionals, Parents & Students
Serve More Local Produce on Your School Lunch Tray Food service professionals across Northeast Ohio are giving students choices for what they eat by ramping up the amount of local produce served in school cafeterias. School meals have come a long way in recent...
Aug 18, 2018 | Educators & Administrators, Parents & Students
Better Nutrition Means Better School Performance Numerous studies have shown that failing to provide good nutrition can result in children not meeting their full academic potential. A balanced diet full of healthy foods increases brain function, results in fewer...
Aug 18, 2018 | Food Service Professionals, Parents & Students
An Education in Healthy Eating Healthy eating habits may start at home, but there’s no denying the benefits of getting a healthy lunch at school. School lunches are planned to provide growing kids with 1/3 of their nutrition for the day. And when kids eat the right...
Aug 18, 2018 | Parents & Students
Unused Land Becomes Fertile Ground in Cleveland Vacant lots in Cleveland have become farm land with several urban farms sprouting up in the last few years. Growing everything from grapes to kale, these farms seek to bring healthy fare to food deserts via farm stands,...
Jul 19, 2018 | Educators & Administrators, Food Service Professionals, Parents & Students
A Local Cleveland Company Shows that Blemished Produce is Treasure, Not Trash Cleveland’s Perfectly Imperfect Produce is on a mission to show NEO that there’s nothing wrong with blemished or misshapen produce. Usually tossed into the trash by conventional grocery...
