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A TASTE OF CONEJO
Conejo Valley Unified School District Conejo Valley USD serves the communities of Newbury Park, Thousand Oaks, and Westlake Village in the Eastern Ventura County.
Students: 20,100
27 schools- 18 elementary, 5 middle schools, 3 comprehensive high schools, and 1 continuation high school.
23% students eligible for free and reduced price meals
TEAM CVUSD
Production StyleCentral kitchen:
Preps fresh, local, seasonal crops for the elementary schools
Prepares entrees, soups, and sides
Delivers to sites
Catering program
Afterschool snacks (three sites)
Middle and High Schools:
Order, prep, cook, and serve
Students
Staff
Harvest-of-the-Month- all schools
Central Kitchen- New Recipe
1200 Chili Verde Burritos
Menu Planning
Recipe Development and Student Sampling
Central Kitchen Prepping –Mo’ Beans Please!
Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools
Seasonal, Local , Produce
T.O. High School - First Day of Salad Bar
Saddle up to the Salad Bar
Bring a Parent to Lunch Day
Introducing Salad Bar Etiquette to Kinders
Classroom Taste Sampling – Blackberries!
Taste Sampling Pears on the Playground
Staff Development
Empowering staff to share their skills
Engaging in the process- collaborating on recipe ideas, marketing, customer service
Staff planning for marketing
CNS Staff Back-to-School Meeting
Celebrity MasterChef Jr. Troy Glass
Ahi two-ways and Homemade Pasta
Dietetic Interns developing foodservice and catering techniques
Catering- Parent/Student Events
Breakfast Catering Events
Farms- Making the Connections- Big and Small
Deardorff Family FarmsFarms 2000 acres
Join the Farm - 5 Acres
Join the Farm
Deardorf Family Farm
We’re Committed to Kale
Partnerships/StakeholdersFoodCorps Member
Partner with VC Farm-to-School
Culinary Center
Partnership for a Healthy Ventura County
Conejo PTA Council
Join the Farm- Abundant Table
California Health and Longevity Center
Conejo YMCA
Received grant funds:
CDE Equipment Assistance Grant
VC Public Health –Community Transformation Grant for Farm to school infrastructure and stakeholder assessment for three partner districts
CVUSD Contact Information• Website: http://www.conejousd.org/business/ChildNutrition.aspx
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Sandy Curwood, RDN, MS
Director, Child Nutrition Services
Conejo Unified School District
1400 East Janss Road
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
805-497-9511 ext 256