School Nutrition Association of Connecticut (SNACT) food service directors have the ability to be teamed up with a Mentor to keep you in the game.  New directors are faced with many challenges associated with school lunch.  As you know School Lunch is a whole different breed of food service, directors need to know about commodities, menus, nutritional information, different food products and more.  Your mentor would be your “HELP” desk.  You would be teamed up with a director mentor to help you through difficulties or questions you may have.  It might be a simple phone call about commodities or maybe you would want to meet with your mentor in person to go over menus.  The mentor would be the “Back-up Plan”.  

Connecticut Farm-to-School Program 

Farm to School participants listen to George Purtill in the

Old Maids' Farm packing shed in South Glastonbury, CT

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USDA Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Pilot Program:
CT has been chosen as one of 6 states to participate in the USDA Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Pilot program for this school year. Over 40 schools applied for the twenty five slots.  The 25 schools were chosen based on a number of criteria; rural versus urban settings; elementary versus secondary schools; high versus low free/reduced price eligibility; etc. The state was also seeking a variety of distribution methods, such as offering fruits/vegetables in the classroom, from carts in hallways, using vending machines and other innovative approaches. Therefore, schools were selected to ensure a variety of demographics and distribution methods, to the extent possible. Participation in the Farm to School Program was also a factor.