GOING
GOING TO
GOING TO BE A MESS FOR A LITTLE WHILE TO COME.
>>> NOW TO CAFETERIA FOOD.
AT SCHOOL IT'S NOT LIKE WHA+@T
REMEMBER.
REMEMBER.
REMEMBER. THESE DAYS DALLAS ISD AND OTHER
DISTRICTS ARE BUYING LOCALLY
SOURC+@ED FOOD AND STUDENTS ARE
RESPONDING.
RESPONDING. +@URBAN SCHOOL FOOD ALLIANCE SE
A GOAL TO INCREASE LOCAL FOOD
PURCHASES BY 5% IN THE NEXT TWO
OR THR+@EE YEARS.
+@ THIS IS THE FOOD AND NUTRITION
SERVICES AT DISD AND TRINA
TELEVISION.
TELEVISION. TOO BAD YOU CA+@N'T SMELL THIS
BECAUSE IT SMELLS FANTASTIC.
>> THANK YOU.
>> TELL+@ US WHAT THE URBAN
SCHOOL FOOD ALLIANCE IS,
MI+@CHAE+@L.
MI+@CHAE+@L. >> WELL, THE URBAN SCHOOL FOOD
ALLIAN+@CE IS A COALITION OF TH
10 OF THE LARGEST URBAN SCHOOL @
DISTRICTS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY
COMING TOGETHER TO ESTABLISH
BEST PRACTICES AND USE OUR
PROCUREMENT, OUR PURCHASING
POWER TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE
IN SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE SO OUR
MEMB+@ER DISTRICTS INCLUDE NEW
YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, L.A.
UNIFIED, CHICAGO A+@ND, OF
COURSE, US HERE IN DALLAS,
AMONG MANY OTHERS, MIAMI-+@DADE
REALLY IT'S AN INTERNATIONAL
GROUP.
GROUP.
GROUP. >>
GROUP. >> CHEF, TELL US WHAT YOU HAVE
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. THIS IS STUFF THAT IS IN
SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS. >> DEFINITELY.
>> DEFINITELY. >> WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
>> ALL OF OUR PRODUCE THAT YOU
SEE HERE ARE PART OF WHAT WE
CALL OUR HARVEST OF THE MONTH.+
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE GOT SOME
WONDERFUL BU+@TTERNUT SQUASH TH
WE FEATURE AND THIS IS COMING
RIGHT OUT OF THE STATE OF
TEXAS.
TEXAS.
TEXAS. WE
TEXAS. WE HAVE GOT SOME WONDERFUL
BLACK EYED PEAS STRAIGHT FROM
CANTON.
CANTON.
CANTON. OUR BLACK EYED PEAS, WE GET
THEM FRESH.
THEM FRESH. I BROUGHT SOME DRIED BECAUSE
+@
I BROUGHT SOME DRIED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MOST PEOPLE ARE
USED TO SEEING BUT THIS IS WHAT
A FRESH ONE LOOKS LIKE, LOCALLY
SOURCED, OUT OF CANTON, TEXAS.
WE HAVE GOT OUR HARVEST OF THE
MONTH THIS MONTH IS THE
TANG+@ERINE AND SO WE HAVE MADE
SOME --
SOME --
SOME -- >> WHERE ARE THOSE FROM?
>> OUT OF ALVIN, TEXAS.
>> I KNOW WHERE ALVIN IS, DOWN
SOUTH OF HOUSTON.
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. >> THESE WERE PICKED THREE DAYS
AGO AND NOW THEY ARE HERE IN
FRONT OF US.
>> WOW.
>> WOW.
>> WOW. TELL US WHAT ELSE YOU HAVE HERE
TOO, BECAUSE I INTERRUPTED YOU,
TRINA.
TRINA.
TRINA. >>
TRINA. >> YOU'RE FINE+@.
THE RECIPE THAT WE ARE
FEATURING TONIGHT IS -- IT
FEATURES OUR BUTTERNUT SQUASH
AND SWISS CHARD IS SOMETHING
NEW WE ARE INTRODUCING TO THE
CHILDREN IN DISD ALSO.
I DID THE SIMPLE SAUTE OF
ROASTED BUTTERNUT SQUASH, FETA
CHEESE, SAUTEED CHARD AND THEN
WE HAVE GOT SOME RED ONION,
PECANS AND DRIED CAN BARS--
CRAN+@BERRIES.
CRAN+@BERRIES. >> YOU MENTIONED CANTON, ALVIN.
+@
+@ WHERE
+@ WHERE DOES THE REST OF THIS
COME FROM?
COME FROM? ALL OVER TEXAS?
>> IT'S ALL OVER TEXAS.
THE BUTTERNUT SQUASH IS OUT OF
MISSION, TEXAS A+@ND SO WE ARE
FINDING OUT ABOUT MORE AND MORE
GROWERS WHO ARE ABLE TO GROW IN
THE QUANTITY THAT WE IN DALLAS
ISD WITH 155,000 STUDENTS CAN
USE AND SO WE ARE FORMING+@ NEW
PARTNERSHIPS AND NEW AVENUES
FOR TEXAS AGRICULTURE TO COME
HERE+@ FOR TEXAS DISD STUDENTS.
>> SO YOU GUYS ARE HAVING TO
BUY A LOT OF THIS STUFF AND YOU
GET IT CHEAPER THAN WHAT
EVERYONE ELSE WOULD PAY, I
PRESUME?
PRESUME?
PRESUME? >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. OUR VOLUME HELPS DRIVE DOWN THE
COST.
COST.
COST. >>
COST. >> AS A RESIDENT SOUTH+@ OF
INTERSTATE 30 I'M CURIOUS ABOUT
THE FOOD DES+@ERTS.
WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE FOOD
DESERTS, THESE ARE PLACES THAT
DON'T HAVE A LOT OF GROCERY
STORES AND ACCESS+@ TO FRESH
FOOD, ESSENTIALLY.
FOOD, ESSENTIALLY. >> YEAH. +@
>> HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS TO
THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE
ATTENDING SCHOOLS IN FOOD
DESERTS?
DESERTS?
DESERTS? >> I MEAN, IT'S CRITICAL FOR
THEM BECAUSE OTHERWISE A LOT OF
OUR STUDENTS WILL NOT BE
EXPOSED TO EVEN A BUTTERNUT
SQUASH, FOR EXAMPLE, AND SO TO
BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS TO THEM
AND HAVE IT AVAILABLE TO THEM
SOMEPLACE THAT THEY GO EVERY
DAY, THIS IS HELPING TO EXPOSE
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. +@
THEM. AND
THEM. AND JUST KIND OF OPEN THEIR
EYES AND RAISE THEIR PALATES
AND EXPOSE THEM TO SOMETHING
DIFFERENT +@AND SOMETHING NEW.
+@
DIFFERENT +@AND SOMETHING NEW. >> MICHAEL, WHAT DO YOU HOPE
THE WHOLE END GAME OF THIS IS
FOR THESE KIDS WHO ARE
CONSUMING THIS?
CONSUMING THIS? >> WELL, WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT
RESEARCH TE+@LLS US IS THE BETT
STUDENTS EAT, THE BETTER THEY
PERFORM.
PERFORM.
PERFORM. BETTER THEY PERFORM
ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY,
ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY, EXCURRIC+@ULAR ACTIVITIES SO WE
WANT DALLAS ISD STUDENTS TO BE
THE VERY BEST THAT THEY CAN BE
AND WE ARE PROVIDING A
FOUNDATIONA+@L PIECE TO HELP TH
BE THAT.
BE THAT.
BE THAT. >> ACADEMICALLY YOU GUYS ARE
DOING GREAT AT DISD AND CLEARLY
IN A CULINARY SENSE AS WELL
TOO.
TOO.