1. F ARM - TO -S CHOOL : L INKING L OCAL F ARMS AND THE L UNCHROOM

2. J OSH M INER Farm-to-School Coordinator La Crosse County Health Dept. miner.joshua@co.la-crosse.wi.us 608.785.5579

3. Aggregator/ Distributor Farmer Processor Farmer School Farmer School La Crosse F2S

4. Aggregator/ Distributor Farmer Processor Farmer School Farmer School

5. Produce (to date) Carrots (fresh & frozen) Multi-colored potatoes (cubed, roasted, frozen) Cabbage (shredded and quartered, fresh) Beets (bulk raw & roasted, sliced) Cucumbers (bulk raw) Mixed winter squash (roasted, pureed, frozen) Watermelon (bulk) Collard greens (chopped, blanched, frozen) Parsnips (bulk, raw) Apples (bulk, raw) Beef (2-oz, all-natural, uncured skinless wieners) Hand-harvested lake wild rice (bulk, parched)

6. Producers (to date) Ed Fields and Sons, Andover, MN Alsums Farms and Produce, Friesland, WI Jolivette Family Farms, West Salem, WI Keewaydin Farms, Viola, WI Noble Organics, Cashton, WI Organic Valley, La Farge, WI Harmony Valley Farm, Harmony, WI Ecker’s Apple Orchard, Trempeleau, WI Coulee Region Fair Trade Beef Cull Association, Coon Valley, WI Nature herself (No. WI/No. MN/So. Canada)

7. Processors (to date) Wisconsin Innovation Center (Mineral Point) Keewaydin/Fifth Season Co-op Premier Meats (Viroqua) Usinger’s Sausage Co. (Milwaukee) School District FS Staff

8. Distributors (to date) Jolivette Family Farms (freight & delivery) Alsum Farms & Produce (freight) Reinhart (delivery) Ecker’s (delivery) Keewaydin (delivery) Noble Organics (freight) Harmony Valley (delivery) UPS (delivery) Josh Miner (delivery)

9. ProducersProducer/Distributors ProcessorsDistributors

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11. Raw Product 1,800 lbs white, red, purple, yellow potatoes 16¢/lb (delivered) Alsum Farms Processing 1,448 lbs; 80% yield 20¢/lb yield-adj. COI 50¢/lb labor WI Innovation Kitchen $13.98/20-lb case Warehousing & Logistics $15.36/20-lb case Landed cost Freight $100 Prime vendor model: $2/cs handling $17.36/cs 87¢/lb; 24% over COI + labor M ULTI - COLORED POTATOES : R OASTED, WEDGES ( FROZEN ) $20/site drop charge Independent delivery model: 1-2 cs/site; $20/site drop charge $25.36/cs $1.27/lb; 81% over COI + labor 46% over PV model

12. Freight $100 Prime vendor model: $2/cs handling $36.61/cs $1.83/lb; 18% over COI + labor $20/site drop charge Independent delivery model: 1-2 cs/site; $20/site drop charge $44.61/cs $2.23/lb; 43% over COI + labor 22% over PV model Raw Product 1,215 lbs mixed winter squash 49.6¢/lb (delivered) Organic Valley, Noble Organics Processing 571lbs; 47% yield $1.06/lb yield-adj. COI 50¢/lb labor WI Innovation Kitchen $31.11/20-lb case H ARD S QUASH : R OASTED PUREE ( FROZEN ) Warehousing & Logistics $34.61/20-lb case Landed cost

13. Freight $100 Prime vendor model: $2/cs handling $24.83/cs $1.24/lb; 13% over COI + labor  24% over CA product  $20/site drop charge Independent delivery model: 1-2 cs/site; $20/site drop charge $32.83/cs $1.64/lb; 50% over COI + labor 32% over PV model; 64% over CA B ROCCOLI : S PEARS ( FROZEN ) [T HEORETICAL ] Raw Product 3,000 lbs 60¢/lb (delivered) Processing 2,400lbs; 80% yield 75¢/lb yield-adj. COI 35¢/lb labor WI Innovation Kitchen $22.00/20-lb case Warehousing & Logistics $22.83/20-lb case Landed cost

14. Prime Vendor/ Distributor Farmer Processor School Hospital/ University School Aggregator/ Distributor Jolivette, Alsum, OV, Individual Farmer WIK, Gunderson Foods, Fifth Season, ?? Jolivette Reinhart, Sysco, Chartwells, etc. Prime Vendor QA = $5M liability GAP/GHP