School Nutrition Round Table Discussion: Maintaining Local Purchasing During COVID

As part of our Northeast Farm to School Institute workshop series, we welcomed a panel of school nutrition professionals from around the region to discuss the challenges and opportunities related to local purchasing during this period of significant routine, budget, and supply chain disruptions.

Speakers:

  • Kathy Alexander, Director, Mt. Abraham Union School District & Addison Northwest School District Food Service Cooperative (VT)
  • Julie Raway, Registered Dietitian, Broome Tioga BOCES Food Services & Farm to School Chair, NY School Nutrition Association
  • Solange Morrissette, District Manager, Chartwells K-12 (RI & CT)
  • Moderator: Helen Rortvedt, Vermont FEED

Watch the discussion:

School Nutrition Round Table Discussion: Maintaining Local Purchasing During COVID from Vermont FEED on Vimeo.

This webinar was part of the 2020-21 Northeast Farm to School Institute workshop series. Learn more about the Institute here.

Banner photo: Ben Hudson for Champlain Elementary (Burlington, VT), 2018.