Black River Falls School District Receives Local Food for Schools Grant

Wednesday, January 25th, 2023 -- 10:00 AM

The Black River Falls Nutrition Department received a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Instruction.

The Wisconsin Department of Instruction awarded the Black River Falls School District a $6,750 grant from the Wisconsin Local Food for Schools Program. They included in the letter "We commend your efforts to expand the local supply chain and distribution of local, unprocessed, and minimally processed food from small business and/or socially disadvantaged farmers or producers."

They’re very excited to be recognized for the ongoing efforts to utilize local resources to feed the students in the district, and are excited to expand even further with some great events coming up.

On February 14th, the Middle school and High school will serve Beef Tips and Red Creek and Forrest street will serve ground beef for lasagna at Red Creek and Forrest Street for Valentines Day.  The beef used will be from Scholze Family Meats in Humbird.

On March 17th, students are not eating as much seafood in school meals, compared with other proteins, according to a report from the US Government Accountability Office, so, they have come up with a day to honor seafood. All schools will be offering salmon by utilizing locally produced seafood from Superior Fresh in Hixton.

On April 6th, all schools will celebrate Easter with sliced ham from Falls Meat in Pigeon Falls. On May 19th, all schools will enjoy pulled pork from Falls Meat in Pigeon Falls for their End of the Year Lunch picnic. They will continue to partner with Superior Fresh for fresh Greens in the Garden Bar throughout the year.

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