HUUSD in Top Tier for Local Food
- June 12, 2024
- Shannon Wisdom
- 1 Minute Read
The Harwood Unified Union School District dramatically increased their local purchasing, going from 14% in the 2022-23 grant year to 23% in 2023-24, making them the second highest purchaser of local foods in the state. A shift in their approach to food purchasing led to this drastic purchasing increase.
“We started by strategically placing our USDA Foods order not to include items that we could purchase locally, like raw ground beef and shredded cheddar cheese,” said HUUSD Food and Nutrition Co-Director Erika Dolan. “With some extra work ensuring that the items we were purchasing meet the local requirements, an additional expenditure coding, and a different business mindset we hit the 23% mark in FY 22-23! We are extremely proud of this accomplishment.”
Thank you to all of the amazing people in our food service department for their ongoing work to make sure students and adults have high quality food every day!
Click here for the full press release from the VT Agency of Education.