FARM-TO-SCHOOL: LINKING LOCAL FARMS AND THE LUNCHROOM

JOSH MINERFarm-to-School Coordinator

La Crosse County Health Dept.miner.joshua@co.la-crosse.wi.us

608.785.5579

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Produce (to date)Carrots (fresh & frozen)Multi-colored potatoes (cubed, roasted, frozen)Cabbage (shredded and quartered, fresh) Beets (bulk raw & roasted, sliced)Cucumbers (bulk raw)Mixed winter squash (roasted, pureed, frozen)Watermelon (bulk)Collard greens (chopped, blanched, frozen) Parsnips (bulk, raw)Apples (bulk, raw)Beef (2-oz, all-natural, uncured skinless wieners)Hand-harvested lake wild rice (bulk, parched)

Producers (to date)Ed Fields and Sons, Andover, MNAlsums Farms and Produce, Friesland, WIJolivette Family Farms, West Salem, WIKeewaydin Farms, Viola, WINoble Organics, Cashton, WIOrganic Valley, La Farge, WIHarmony Valley Farm, Harmony, WIEcker’s Apple Orchard, Trempeleau, WICoulee Region Fair Trade Beef Cull Association, Coon Valley, WINature herself (No. WI/No. MN/So. Canada)

Processors (to date)Wisconsin Innovation Center (Mineral Point)Keewaydin/Fifth Season Co-opPremier Meats (Viroqua)Usinger’s Sausage Co. (Milwaukee)School District FS Staff

Distributors (to date)Jolivette Family Farms (freight & delivery)Alsum Farms & Produce (freight) Reinhart (delivery)Ecker’s (delivery)Keewaydin (delivery)Noble Organics (freight)Harmony Valley (delivery)UPS (delivery)Josh Miner (delivery)

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Raw Product1,800 lbs white, red,

purple, yellow potatoes 16¢/lb (delivered)

Alsum Farms

Processing 1,448 lbs; 80% yield 20¢/lb yield-adj. COI

50¢/lb laborWI Innovation Kitchen$13.98/20-lb case

Warehousing &Logistics

$15.36/20-lb caseLanded cost

Freight$100

Prime vendor model:$2/cs handling$17.36/cs

87¢/lb; 24% over COI + labor

MULTI-COLORED POTATOES: ROASTED, WEDGES (FROZEN)

$20/sitedrop charge

Independent delivery model:1-2 cs/site; $20/site drop charge

$25.36/cs$1.27/lb; 81% over COI + labor

46% over PV model

Freight$100

Prime vendor model:$2/cs handling$36.61/cs

$1.83/lb; 18% over COI + labor

$20/sitedrop charge

Independent delivery model:1-2 cs/site; $20/site drop charge

$44.61/cs$2.23/lb; 43% over COI + labor

22% over PV model

Raw Product1,215 lbs mixed winter

squash 49.6¢/lb (delivered)

Organic Valley, Noble Organics

Processing 571lbs; 47% yield

$1.06/lb yield-adj. COI50¢/lb labor

WI Innovation Kitchen$31.11/20-lb case

HARD SQUASH: ROASTED PUREE (FROZEN)

Warehousing &Logistics

$34.61/20-lb caseLanded cost

Freight$100

Prime vendor model:$2/cs handling$24.83/cs

$1.24/lb; 13% over COI + labor24% over CA product

$20/sitedrop charge

Independent delivery model:1-2 cs/site; $20/site drop charge

$32.83/cs$1.64/lb; 50% over COI + labor

32% over PV model; 64% over CA

BROCCOLI: SPEARS (FROZEN)

[THEORETICAL]Raw Product3,000 lbs

60¢/lb (delivered)

Processing 2,400lbs; 80% yield

75¢/lb yield-adj. COI35¢/lb labor

WI Innovation Kitchen$22.00/20-lb case

Warehousing &Logistics

$22.83/20-lb caseLanded cost

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Jolivette, Alsum, OV, Individual Farmer

WIK, Gunderson Foods, Fifth Season, ??

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Reinhart, Sysco,Chartwells, etc.

Prime Vendor QA = $5M liability

GAP/GHP