Schools active in raising chickens or fish

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Carter, Andrea

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Apr 4, 2018, 9:39:08 AM4/4/18
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Dear School Garden Network,

 

Hi everyone, is anyone involved in processing and serving school-raised chickens or fish?  One Middle School is really interested in using school-raised chickens and fish in class taste-tests and culinary classes. 

 

Any resources or advise for food-safety protocols or regulations to do so would be really appreciated!

 

Best,

Andrea Carter MS RDN

 

Farm to School |Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries | andrea...@agi.alabama.gov | 334.546.5499

 

 

Ullery, Sam (OSSE)

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Apr 4, 2018, 9:59:06 AM4/4/18
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HI Andrea,

I established and oversee our Chicken in School Program here in DC. We have incredibly strict chicken laws (you basically can’t have backyard chickens) but we were able to pass legislation to allow chickens in schools! Chickens in Schools Program the guidance document includes safety protocols approved by our department of health. Of course, we can’t kills chickens in DC, so the safety protocols only pertain to the eggs. If you are able to butcher chickens on site, consider a lesson in biology while you are at it.

 

Best,

 

Sam Ullery

School Garden Specialist
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Whitney Cohen

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Apr 4, 2018, 10:10:00 AM4/4/18
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Hi Andrea,
I’m cc’ing Moses and Blue here from Tucson, AZ because they raise fish in an aquaponics system and I think they might sell the fish in an after-school farmers’ market. I’ll let them say more and/or correct me if I’m wrong on this. 
Best,
Whitney

SHERMAN Rick - ODE

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Apr 4, 2018, 10:27:34 AM4/4/18
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Hi Andrea,

 

In Oregon this isn’t possible unless they could go through the steps of being USDA inspected.  Expensive and not for the faint of heart.

 

For a point of reference, I included this link on my farm to school webpage for the steps involved in serving school-raised eggs in the cafeteria.  the document has yet another link to specific applications and costs associated with eggs.

 

Rick

Rick Sherman

Farm To School / School Garden Coordinator

Oregon Core Partner, National Farm to School Network

Child Nutrition Programs

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Oregon Department of Education

255 Capital St. NE, Salem OR 97310

( (503) 947-5863  6 Fax: (503) 378-5156

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Hagy, Tegan - FNS

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Apr 4, 2018, 11:12:45 AM4/4/18
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Hi Andrea,

 

In addition to the great information already noted, I want to share that there are schools doing this ( using school grown fish and meat in culinary programs). I can connect you with a district in Delaware that has an extensive FFA and Culinary track in their high school with both an aquaponics and chicken operation. They do use the eggs in the cafeteria but the meat and fish are strictly for use in the culinary program which is not connected to the cafeteria.  Feel free to email me directly- tegan...@fns.usda.gov.

 

Best,

 

Tegan


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Carter, Andrea

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Apr 4, 2018, 11:17:35 AM4/4/18
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Hi Tegan,

 

Wow!  That is awesome thank you for sharing.  I’m going to look through the resources provided and my state regulations, but I love that it just might be possible to use the products in a culinary class.   Thank you for your contact information, I’ll keep you in mind going forward.

John Fisher

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May 24, 2018, 6:52:30 PM5/24/18
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Hi Andrea,
At one point in time Paso Robles Unified School District had a culinary arts program where they butchered beef. They also ran a restaurant!

Not sure what they are up to these days since they have new staff.

JOHN

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