date:Apr 15, 2014
so far. But we dont have skillets or frying pans, she explained. I think thats one of the successes from this program is that we are breaking that habit. We are changing the current system and integrating local seafood that is prepared from scratch. So that is a really cool hurdle weve accomplished.
The Food to Schools program also is a boom to Alaskan growers and fishermen because they are able to have secure in-state markets.
Seafood purchases through NAFS last year totaled $137,176 pounds