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Article: Cafeteria food is farm fresh Farm to School program provides students with plenty of healthy options
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 15, 2009
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By MARY BUCKLEY
Brown Deer -- Stacks of pink watermelon slices, containers of
bright red cherry tomatoes and green peppers, corn on the cob -- the
menu in the Brown Deer cafeterias has been pumped up with fresh
local produce since the start of the school year.
Food Service Director Jenni Stricker said all school cafeterias
operated by Taher Inc., a food service management company, are
participating in the Farm to School program that brings the best
local produce to students.
Every Monday since Sept. 1, Stricker has called an order into
Taher. An employee takes the orders to the Badgerland Produce Co-op
Auction in Montello.
"They buy what we need, and it is delivered the same day,"
Stricker ...