The Washington state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) highlighted the Boistfort School District of Lewis County in a post on social media Monday, sharing photos of what students were served at a recent lunch.
“Baked coho salmon, rice pilaf, broccoli and fresh berries!” OSPI wrote. “It sounds like a restaurant menu, but it’s a meal served to students in the Boistfort School District.”
The post further explained that Boistfort is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Local Food for Schools (LFS) program.
The program supplies locally grown food to school districts. “With funding made available through USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA will help states deal with the challenges of supply chain disruptions brought on by the pandemic,” USDA states on its website.
“Through the LFS program, USDA will award up to $200 million to states for food assistance purchases of domestic local foods for distribution to schools. This program will strengthen the food system for schools by helping to build a fair, competitive and resilient local food chain, and expand local and regional markets with an emphasis on purchasing from historically underserved producers and processors.”
Look for more on the program in an upcoming edition of The Chronicle.
