School food-service directors play a crucial role in the health of Iowa's children, according to Andrea Geary coordinator of the Northern Iowa Food & Farm Partnership (NIFFP) housed at the University of Northern Iowa's Center for Energy & Environmental Education.
NIFFP is sponsoring an educational workshop for food-service directors, farmers, community members and interested individuals to show how food service directors can serve healthy, fresh food to students through a farm-to-school food program. The workshop will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Thursday, April 15, at UNI's Malcolm Price Lab School.
Click here to download a flyer for the workshop. The event is open to the public. Registration is required; the $30 registration fee includes lunch. To register contact Geary at andrea.geary@uni.edu or (319) 273-7883.
NIFFP is the co-lead agency for the Midwest National Farm to School Network (NFTSN) and works with farm-to-school programs in the Waterloo Community School, Independence Community School District, and UNI's Price Laboratory School. Find more information at www.niffp.org.
