Chef Ann Foundation

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“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Project Produce is a nutrition education grant that provides schools funds for fresh fruits, vegetables, and whole ingredients used in scratch-cooked recipes. Food service staff, often with support from other school personnel, host tastings and food literacy events in the cafeteria in order to increase student exposure and acceptability of fresh fruits, vegetables, and new recipes. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Foothills Fresh - Chef Ann Foundation, in partnership with California nonprofit, Sierra Harvest is collaberating to assist 9 small, rural school districts in creating a food service model rooted in scratch cooking that will impact the health of thousands of children in western Nevada County and beyond. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: Get Schools Cooking 2015/2016 (Previously known as SCHOOL FOOD SUPPORT INITIATIVE) began in 2015 when Chef Ann Foundation, Life Time Foundation, and Whole Kids Foundation joined forces to provide technical assistance grants to five school districts in 2015. Get Schools Cooking supports the selected school districts to provide individualized, technical support to assist them in sustainably moving from a highly processed to cook from scratch operation. Program goals include: assessing barriers and identifying recommended actions in five key areas of school food service: Food, Finance, Facilities, Human Resources, and Marketing; supporting districts in developing action plans that create the structured framework to achieve their strategic objectives; and providing system improvement grants that support the implementation of recommended actions and next steps. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: The School Food Institute gives school food service professionals and childhood nutrition advocates the in-depth training, operational skills, and strategic vision necessary to make school food fresh, healthy, and sustainable. Our engaging online courses also include real-world examples and assignments, with operational oversight and feedback from the Chef Ann Foundation team. This program specifically supports school professionals looking to transition school meal programs to scratch-cooked operations. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 8: MN School Food Initiative was a new project for hte state of Minnesota in 2017 whose objective is to provide the knowledge, skills, and resources schools need to elimiate Liftime Foundation's "Harmful Seven IngrediantsX and increase scratch cooking through a collaborative, regional workshop setting. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 9: Get Schools Cooking 2017 - Chef Ann Foundation, Life Time Foundation, and Whole Kids Foundation joined forces to provide technical assistance grants to seven school districts in 2017. Get Schools Cooking supports the selected school districts to provide individualized, technical support to assist them in sustainably moving from a highly processed to cook from scratch operation. Program goals include: assessing barriers and identifying recommended actions in five key areas of school food service: Food, Finance, Facilities, Human Resources, and Marketing; supporting districts in developing action plans that create the structured framework to achieve their strategic objectives; and providing system improvement grants that support the implementation of recommended actions and next steps. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 10: Get Schools Cooking 2018: Chef Ann Foundation and Whole Kids Foundation joined forces to provide technical assistance grants to four school districts in 2018. Get Schools Cooking supports the selected school districts to provide individualized, technical support to assist them in sustainably moving from a highly processed to cook from scratch operation. Program goals include: assessing barriers and identifying recommended actions in five key areas of school food service: Food, Finance, Facilities, Human Resources, and Marketing; supporting districts in developing action plans that create the structured framework to achieve their strategic objecti”