A TASTE OF CONEJO
Conejo Valley Unified School District Conejo Valley USD serves the communities of Newbury Park, Thousand Oaks, and Westlake Village in the Eastern Ventura County. Students: 20, schools- 18 elementary, 5 middle schools, 3 comprehensive high schools, and 1 continuation high school. 23% students eligible for free and reduced price meals
TEAM CVUSD
Production Style Central kitchen: Preps fresh, local, seasonal crops for the elementary schools Prepares entrees, soups, and sides Delivers to sites Catering program Afterschool snacks (three sites) Middle and High Schools: Order, prep, cook, and serve Students Staff Harvest-of-the-Month- all schools
Central Kitchen- New Recipe 1200 Chili Verde Burritos
Menu Planning
Recipe Development and Student Sampling
Central Kitchen Prepping –Mo’ Beans Please!
Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools
Seasonal, Local, Produce
T.O. High School - First Day of Salad Bar
Saddle up to the Salad Bar
Bring a Parent to Lunch Day
Introducing Salad Bar Etiquette to Kinders
Classroom Taste Sampling – Blackberries!
Taste Sampling Pears on the Playground
Staff Development
Empowering staff to share their skills Engaging in the process- collaborating on recipe ideas, marketing, customer service
Staff planning for marketing
CNS Staff Back-to-School Meeting Celebrity MasterChef Jr. Troy Glass Ahi two-ways and Homemade Pasta
Dietetic Interns developing foodservice and catering techniques
Catering- Parent/Student Events
Breakfast Catering Events
Farms- Making the Connections- Big and Small Deardorff Family Farms Farms 2000 acres Join the Farm - 5 Acres
Join the Farm
Deardorf Family Farm We’re Committed to Kale
Partnerships/Stakeholders FoodCorps Member Partner with VC Farm-to-School Culinary Center Partnership for a Healthy Ventura County Conejo PTA Council Join the Farm- Abundant Table California Health and Longevity Center Conejo YMCA Received grant funds: CDE Equipment Assistance Grant VC Public Health –Community Transformation Grant for Farm to school infrastructure and stakeholder assessment for three partner districts
CVUSD Contact Information Website: Facebook page: CVUSD/ Like us on Facebook! Sandy Curwood, RDN, MS Director, Child Nutrition Services Conejo Unified School District 1400 East Janss Road Thousand Oaks, CA ext 256