Although school cafeteria have often become the butt of jokes, one area school district is the subject of high praise from a national publication.
FoodService Director, a nonprofit that serves caterers in education, business, industry and healthcare, said that in Plymouth schools, catering extends to the little ones, almost the students: They provide nutrition classes in the classroom and perform at Future Farmers of America. Club meetings, harvesting ingredients for lunch in a campus greenhouse, and even buying red meat from the family farm. a student.
Plymouth Schools’ Food Service Director Caren Johnson noted that in a rural hub like Plymouth, “…there’s a focus on eating real food and knowing where it comes from. That means incorporating (nutrition education) into different parts of our students’ days, and into their lives.”
Students also participate by bringing homegrown vegetables to the main school greenhouse that serves as a component of the horticulture and greenhouse control program. And thanks to the federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, Plymouth Food Service now prepares about 60% food at the top point of school, with about 40% at the midpoint and 25% at the elementary point. This is a far cry from the pre-made donations of yesteryear, which, in combination with the quality of service, have now gained national recognition.
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