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CKC Good Food hosted two sessions of annual training to help food service staff from client schools and child care centers prepare for the 2018-2019 school year.

CKC Good Food CEO, Founder and Executive Chef Nancy Close was honored to collaborate with two school nutrition professionals from Twin Cities school districts, and chefs from Land O'Lakes and General Mills on the development of tasty new USDA-compliant, scratch-made recipes.

The Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration have issued a safety advisory about romaine lettuce following the outbreak of e.coli traced back to romaine heads and hearts and processed romaine originating in Yuma, Arizona.

The USDA's Community Eligibility Provision allows schools serving low-income neighborhoods / populations to offer school meals for free to all students without collecting applications verifying household income. Since the program was introduced in 2015, the number of eligible schools participating has continued to increase but there are still thousands of eligible schools still missing out. 

USDA Foods, commonly referred to as "commodities," are one of the most effective ways to ensure the budget integrity of your school food service program. If you make the most of these government-subsidized foods, you can dramatically decrease the ingredient costs of your meals.