Fueling the Future of School Food in California
June 22, 2023 | By
It’s an exciting time for school food and California is taking incredible strides to implement more scratch cooking in schools. Read on to learn how we are supporting programs such as Santa Clara Unified School District via Specialized Programming.
Behind the Scenes of SCUSD
We joined Santa Clara Unified School District to provide interactive lessons, culinary demonstrations, and hands-on activities centered around the importance of healthy, scratch-cooked school food. The day started with a School Food Institute course, Ingredients for Healthier Kids, followed by CAF specialists sharing tips on how to prepare fresh produce and new recipes to serve. SCUSD staff then prepared a delicious lunch using school recipes from The Lunch Box: honey barbeque chicken, roasted delicata squash, and quinoa quesadillas! Lunch was followed by several presentations led by various CAF team members.
Behind the Scenes of SCUSD
We joined Santa Clara Unified School District to provide interactive lessons, culinary demonstrations, and hands-on activities centered around the importance of healthy, scratch-cooked school food. The day started with a School Food Institute course, Ingredients for Healthier Kids, followed by CAF specialists sharing tips on how to prepare fresh produce and new recipes to serve. SCUSD staff then prepared a delicious lunch using school recipes from The Lunch Box: honey barbeque chicken, roasted delicata squash, and quinoa quesadillas! Lunch was followed by several presentations led by various CAF team members.
What was your staff most excited about with the CAF training and professional development day?
The staff loved the kitchen cooking assignments. Learning techniques and how to work together as a team is helping them grow in their positions.
Is there anything else you would like to share about the CAF professional development day that you think would benefit other districts?
Staff really enjoyed learning from experts. They felt very special that such an important group was coming to train them. The connection between the trainers and the Chef Ann website was important as well. They are using it as a resource for new ideas now that they have a connection.
What was your staff most excited about with the CAF training and professional development day?
The staff loved the kitchen cooking assignments. Learning techniques and how to work together as a team is helping them grow in their positions.
Is there anything else you would like to share about the CAF professional development day that you think would benefit other districts?
Staff really enjoyed learning from experts. They felt very special that such an important group was coming to train them. The connection between the trainers and the Chef Ann website was important as well. They are using it as a resource for new ideas now that they have a connection.
