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Podcast: MID-WEST FARM REPORT - MADISON
Episode: Stretching Every Dollar & Keeping "Farm-To-School" Alive
Description: A school's nutrition department runs like a self-sustained business, covering everything from food and labor to equipment repairs and benefits without support from the district’s general fund, explains Stacy Nelson, food and nutrition director with the School District of the Menomonie Area. Each meal served generates between $0.50 and $4.70 through federal and state reimbursements, making participation the lifeline of the program, she explains. That’s why the loss of the Local Food for Schools funding, which was supposed to bring another $9 million to Wisconsin schools this year, hit hard for schools, farmers, and communities alike. Still, Nelson and other nutr...