Farm To School Buyer + Supplier Meet Up Zoom Call #5

Farm To School Buyer + Supplier Meet Up Zoom Call #5

This call has been added to the series and will focus on: Farm to School through the eyes of child nutrition operators

Open to food service staff, farmers, processors, distributors, and local food procurement professionals.

More info at https://www.iowafarmtoschoolearlycare.org/buyer-supplier-meet-ups

The Buyer + Supplier Meet-ups are a collaborative effort of partners of the Iowa Farm to School and Early Care Coalition Procurement Strategy Team. The meetings provide a venue where school and child care nutrition professionals and Iowa food producers can build their networks and ask questions related to local food procurement.

The network has scheduled four meetings in 2022. The meetings are open to school and childcare food service staff who are making purchasing and programming decisions for their districts and participating in Child Nutrition Programs through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Iowa farmers, producers, processors, local food aggregators and distributors currently selling into school markets are also welcome.

The networking meetings are intended to give:

School and childcare food service direct access to suppliers on the calls who are selling local foods to schools and childcare. Buyers are encouraged to come with their specific needs and wants.

Suppliers direct access to school food service directors and managers who are making purchasing and programming decisions for their districts and participating in USDA’s Child Nutrition Programs. Suppliers are encouraged to come prepared with their product availability and information on how schools and childcare can procure their product(s).