Canistota School District 43-1, SD 57012

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School Food Authority (SFA) Profile for Canistota School District 43-1, SD 57012

Census Responses

Evaluate the impact of farm to school activities

Which outcomes have resulted from your SFA’s participation in farm to school activities?

Which challenges has your SFA experienced when trying to procure local foods?

Have any type of edible school garden

Hold taste tests/cooking demonstrations of local or garden-grown foods in a school-related setting

Use cafeteria food coaches to promote the consumption of local foods

Implement strategies to encourage student selection and consumption of local foods

Conduct student field trips to farms, farmers’ markets, producers, and/or processors

Have farmers visit the cafeteria, classroom or other school-related setting

Use USDA Team Nutrition materials as part of taste testing or educational activities

Promote local foods at school (e.g., via cafeteria signs, posters, newsletters)

Promote local foods through themed or branded promotions

Celebrate National Farm to School Month (October)

Host farm to school related family and community events

Generate media coverage of local foods being used in schools

Use local foods in the National School Lunch Program

Use local foods in the School Breakfast Program

How does your SFA define 'local' for the majority of its school food procurement?

Use the geographic preference option to purchase local foods

Work with local producers/processors to develop specific products

Forecast budgetary needs for local purchases

Total food spending in school year 2022-2023

Spending on local foods (including fluid milk) in school year 2022-2023

Which USDA Child Nutrition programs did your SFA participate in during school year 2022-2023?

Provide training to school food service staff related to farm to school activities

How did your SFA handle food service for the NSLP in school year 2022-2023?

How did your SFA handle food preparation for the NSLP in school year 2022-2023?

What percent of the items your SFA served were made "from scratch" in school year 2022-2023?