FARM-TO-SCHOOL: LINKING LOCAL FARMS AND THE LUNCHROOM
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La Crosse F2S
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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)
Producers (to date)Ed Fields and Sons, Andover, MNAlsums Farms and Produce, Friesland, WIJolivette Family Farms, West Salem, WIKeewaydin Farms, Viola, WINoble Organics, Cashton, WIOrganic Valley, La Farge, WIHarmony Valley Farm, Harmony, WIEcker’s Apple Orchard, Trempeleau, WICoulee Region Fair Trade Beef Cull Association, Coon Valley, WINature herself (No. WI/No. MN/So. Canada)
Processors (to date)Wisconsin Innovation Center (Mineral Point)Keewaydin/Fifth Season Co-opPremier Meats (Viroqua)Usinger’s Sausage Co. (Milwaukee)School District FS Staff
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)
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Raw Product1,800 lbs white, red,
purple, yellow potatoes 16¢/lb (delivered)
Alsum Farms
Processing 1,448 lbs; 80% yield 20¢/lb yield-adj. COI
50¢/lb laborWI Innovation Kitchen$13.98/20-lb case
Warehousing &Logistics
$15.36/20-lb caseLanded cost
Freight$100
Prime vendor model:$2/cs handling$17.36/cs
87¢/lb; 24% over COI + labor
MULTI-COLORED POTATOES: ROASTED, WEDGES (FROZEN)
$20/sitedrop 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
Freight$100
Prime vendor model:$2/cs handling$36.61/cs
$1.83/lb; 18% over COI + labor
$20/sitedrop 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 Product1,215 lbs mixed winter
squash 49.6¢/lb (delivered)
Organic Valley, Noble Organics
Processing 571lbs; 47% yield
$1.06/lb yield-adj. COI50¢/lb labor
WI Innovation Kitchen$31.11/20-lb case
HARD SQUASH: ROASTED PUREE (FROZEN)
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$34.61/20-lb caseLanded cost
Freight$100
Prime vendor model:$2/cs handling$24.83/cs
$1.24/lb; 13% over COI + labor24% over CA product
$20/sitedrop 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
BROCCOLI: SPEARS (FROZEN)
[THEORETICAL]Raw Product3,000 lbs
60¢/lb (delivered)
Processing 2,400lbs; 80% yield
75¢/lb yield-adj. COI35¢/lb labor
WI Innovation Kitchen$22.00/20-lb case
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$22.83/20-lb caseLanded cost
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Jolivette, Alsum, OV, Individual Farmer
WIK, Gunderson Foods, Fifth Season, ??
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Reinhart, Sysco,Chartwells, etc.
Prime Vendor QA = $5M liability
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