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Taste the Impact of Partnering Culinary Arts and Local Food in the Classroom and Beyond

Healthy Harvest of North Iowa & Hampton-Dumont ProStart Culinary Program

Introductions

Marie Boyd,Executive Director

Healthy Harvest of North Iowa

Fav. Veggie: Snap Peas!

Jane HoeghCulinary Instructor

Hampton-Dumont Community SchoolsFav. Veggie: Candied Carrots!

What is the ProStart Program?

National Restaurant Culinary Curriculum

Attract, empower and advance today’s and tomorrow’s restaurant

and foodservice leaders

140,000 students in more than 1,800 high

schools across50 states

•Scholarships

•Apprenticeships

•Certifications

•1/2 skills = Management

•1/2 skills = Culinary

What Does ProStart look like at Hampton -Dumont

High School?

● ProStart 1 & ProStart 2 •Iowa Champion Culinary Competition Team

•Runner -Up Management Team (present a restaurant concept)

•Nationals - Washington DC

•3 Course Meal - 2 butane burners, 60 minutes, 5 students

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Who is Healthy Harvest of North Iowa?

We are a nonprofit that works to connect and educate in support of the local food system

We work in communities throughout nine counties in

North Central Iowa.

Core Audiences:- Producers- Consumers- Communities- Regional Partners

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How did we start parting together?

An Agritourism Event: Main Street Restaurant Crawl

- 2016: Main St. Restaurant Crawl- 2017: Main St. Restaurant Crawl -Y2- 2018: Food & Friends Dinner- 2019: TBD!

Main Street Restaurant Crawl - pics

Think, Pair, Share Activity

What partners exist in YOUR community?

How could you imagine engaging them in culinary arts programing in your schools?

Taste Test!

Mini -Culinary Arts LessonOmelettes

How I teach it….

2 eggs + 2 T. water Hot pan - oil Drag & GENTLE pull to the middle Tip saute pan to “fill the hole” Add produce (green onions, tomatoes, asparagus, cheese! And whatever else you might like..)Top with microgreens!

Round -Robin Discussion

1. Choose a partner

2. Share your current culinary programing or ideas of what you’d like to see happen in your local classrooms

Development of Farm to School programing in

Franklin County

Procurement

Taste Tests in the Cafeteria Searching Local on the Lunch Line

Local Food Day - Oct 11 ProStart Students + Procurement = Success!

School Gardens & Nutrition Ed.

FFA & Student GardeningFarmer Classroom Visits

Farm to Table Tour •Farm

•Meat Locker

•Brew pub (farm use of spent grains)

•Retail Store (local beef)

•Restaurant (local beef)

Q & A