The Dish
Food Service Production Center
Winter 2019
Office of Food Service
Robin Chapman, Assistant Director of Food Service
Edith Murphy, Area Supervisor
Brenda Klein, Area Supervisor
Lynn Maistros, Area Supervisor
Liz Solomon, Area Supervisor
Jodena Beale, Food Service Supervisor
Les Hamilton, Food Service Production Center Supervisor
Jeannine Marcum, Dietitian
Chris Weatherholtz, Nutrition/Farm to School Coordinator K-12
Professional Learning Opportunities:
Growing Franklin - This site has classes, events and informative articles out of the OSUE Ag and Natural Resources program.
Spring Gardening Workshops on the East side
Spring Gardening Workshops on the South side
Central Ohio Growers Report and winter weather update
4H Project Green Teacher Newsletter - This newsletter includes upcoming special events, as well as, helpful information.
The National Farm to School Movement
For those of you that are new to the Farm to School initiative, it is a national movement supported by the United States Department of Agriculture. The goal is to enrich the connection communities have with fresh, healthy food and local farmers by changing food purchasing and education practices at schools and preschools. The three main areas of focus are local food procurement, nutrition education, and school gardens.
Columbus City Schools Food Service Production Team joined the movement about two and a half years ago starting with the Lean and Green movement (one nutritional plant-based meal per week) and the purchase of locally grown food. This year we added a curriculum coordinator to the team in order to connect school gardens to the curriculum and provide experiential learning opportunities for our children. These opportunities continue to grow stronger at Columbus City Schools! We have grown from 23 gardens last year to 34, so we are close to our goal of 40 new or improved school winter gardens.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS?
Support, Resources and Materials!
Contact me if you are interested in starting your outdoor garden/learning lab!
Seeds, garden bed, soil and plastic to start your garden.
Literature to connect content area curriculum to garden learning labs.
Tools and other materials.
Some of Our New Garden Partners
Oakmont Elementary
Cedarwood Elementary
Linden McKinley High School
YOU REALLY NEED TO CHECK THIS OUT! A Helpful Website for Integrating Garden Lessons
K-12 Health Education Online Agricultural Curriculum
National Agricultural Literacy Curriculum Matrix.Scroll down and click,
"Quick Search — Lesson Plans"
to get to the Matrix. (hover over the image above to see the matrix).
Check out one of the lessons and you will be hooked! The Matrix allows you to click your grade level K-12, subject and topic!
Master Gardeners Are Coming to Columbus City Schools!
OSU Master Gardeners Are Signing Up to Work With Our Garden Teachers!
The Master Gardener graduates from Ohio State University, are participating in "Adopt a School Garden" initiative and are adopting many of our CCS school gardens. This support for our teachers is going to be invaluable. Many of us are thrilled to bring gardening to our students as a hands-on learning lab, however, when problems arise we were not sure what to do and quite honestly really didn't have time to research. Now help will be a phone call away! Many thanks to Mike Hogan, Extension Educator & Associate Professor, Agriculture & Natural Resources, for connecting this program to our teachers.
Aquaponics: The Wave of the Future
WE GOT OUR SWACO COMPOSTING GRANT!!
Helpful Lean and Green Information From Our CCS Dietitian
Here's More:
Our CCS dietitian, Jeannine Marcum, has wonderful resources and supports for our CCS teachers and students. Most teachers do not know that she has a "Taste Testing" event she will bring to your classroom. Feel free to reach out to her for more information. Here she has shared some information and websites to help get students involved.
Involving Students in the Lean and Green Campaign
• Based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans which promote increased consumption of fruits, vegetables, beans, and whole grains with a minimal amount of meat and dairy (flexitarian). https://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015/guidelines
• Ohio is ranked # 6 in highest rates of obesity in North Americans aged 10 to 17 (2016-17 data).
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Eating plant-based helps to maintain a healthy weight, increase energy level, and lower risk of type II diabetes.
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USDA has confirmed that meat production is more harmful to the environment than plant production. For example, pound for pound the life of an animal requires more grain (for feed), pesticides, water and fossil fuels (electricity, gasoline) than the production of an equivalent amount of beans and grains.
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Farmed animals produce an estimated 130 times more waste than the US human population, polluting water, soil, and air. https://www.morningstarfarms.com/comparisonfacts.html
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Your meatless eaters want to give you feedback too.
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Protein needs are met with an adequate plant-based diet. In
terms of health, legumes, and pulses prove tough to beat nutritionally. http://www.greatveganathletes.com
https://www.therichest.com/sports/other-sports/top-10-vegetarian-or-vegan-athletes/
Ready for Some Warm Comfort Food?
Vegan Shepherd’s Pie
Ingredients:
1 Tbl. plus 4 Tbl. divided vegan butter
½ cup finely diced onion
¼ cup all-purpose flour
2 cups of vegetable broth
1 Tbl. Of low-sodium soy sauce (optional)
Salt and pepper to taste
1 bag 12-16 oz. of frozen mixed vegetables or frozen peas and carrots
1 bag of vegan meatless crumbles
Mashed potatoes using vegan butter and nondairy milk or nondairy creamer with 2 ½ lbs. of potatoes.
Gravy: In a medium saucepan over medium-low heat melt one Tbl. of vegan butter.
Add the onion and sauté for 10-15 minutes until soft and light brown.
Remove the onion from the pan and place in a small bowl and set aside.
Add the remaining 4 Tbl. of vegan butter to the saucepan and melt over medium-low heat,
Stir in the flour and cook, stirring frequently, for three minutes.
Gradually stir in the vegetable broth and continue stirring, over medium-low heat, until thickened to a gravy consistency, about 3-4 minutes.
Add the cooked onions back to the pan and add soy sauce if using. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Place mixed vegetables and meatless crumbles in a casserole dish. Stir to combine. Add gravy and stir to coat vegetables and crumbles.
Top with mashed potatoes and cover with foil. Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 30 minutes or until edges begins to bubble. Remove foil and bake around 15 minutes more until edges are bubbly and potatoes brown slightly.
This is a really nice recipe to serve on a cold snowy day. Gravy recipe was adapted from a recipe on https://www.kitchentreaty.com Enjoy!!