The Mix Up Podcast – Episode 03 – Jennifer Devivo
In Episode 3 of The Mixup, Patrick Garmong, Associate Director of Culinary Education and Training at ICN interviews Jennifer Devivo, Executive Chef and Director of Up-Island Schools
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The Mix Up Podcast – Episode 02 – Patrick Durgan
In Episode 2 of The Mixup, Patrick Garmong, Associate Director of Culinary Education and Training at ICN interviews Patrick Durgan, Excecutive Chef and Director of Food Services Bellingham Public Schools with the Good Food Project. [Read More]
The Mix Up Podcast – Episode 01 – Becca Polson
Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Mix Up Podcast. Patrick Garmong, Associate Director of Culinary Education and Training at ICN interviews child nutrition chefs from around the country to take you inside their kitchens and see how [Read More]
School Nutrition and COVID-19 In The News
In a time of mass job layoffs, furloughs, and in some areas food shortages due to panic purchasing, the role of the school nutrition professional is more important than ever to school-aged children in need. With currently more than twenty [Read More]
Gateway School District Staff, Volunteers Ensure Students Eat During Closure Trib Live, March 16, 2020, author Dillon Carr.
This article explores the efforts of school nutrition professionals in the Gateway School District in Pennsylvania. Their COVID-19 response feeding program operates as a hybrid of their already existing Summer Food Service Program, which provides meals and activities to [Read More]
School District Adds Online Ordering, Sees Uptick in Meals Made Jamestown Sun, March 27, 2020, author Katie Gerber.
This article documents how Jamestown Public Schools of North Dakota experienced an immediate increase in volume of meals served during the COVID-19 crisis after implementing an online ordering option. The Jamestown Public Schools free meals program offers free cold [Read More]
Simplifying Service, Bus Delivery, Weekend Adjustments Alter District Food Plan Mitchell Republic, March 23, 2020, author Erik Kaufman
The Mitchell school district of South Dakota began offering free pick up meals to students and anyone under the age of 18 after school districts in the state closed in response to the COVID-19 epidemic. Students could pick up [Read More]