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7/18/2011
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Board of Commissioners
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Cabarrus County Schools do offer geographic preference for individual non - <br />processed items, such as carrots. Yet in order to source this item locally, the <br />school system must identify the need for it as a separate item, and then get three <br />different bids. The contract for carrots would also be awarded to the lowest <br />bidder. <br />Cabarrus County Schools participates in the NC Farm to School Program. The <br />program provides NC grown items including apples, strawberries, broccoli, <br />cabbage and sweet potatoes. Menus are planned annually, then adjusted when this <br />produce becomes available. Staff usually receives three months notice about the <br />produce. They use this time to plan for promoting the produce. <br />The kitchens at the all three departments and CMC Northeast are adequately <br />equipped to prepare fresh produce. <br />County staff working to implement Local Food Purchasing Policy <br />In 2010 the County adopted a Local Food Purchasing Policy that requires County <br />employees to locally source 10 percent of all food served at county catered events <br />and small department sponsored meetings from food producers within North <br />Carolina. Department leaders are currently taking steps to meet this requirement, <br />with most of them planning for changes that will go into effect when the 2011- <br />2012 budget cycle begins on July 1, 2011. <br />The Local Food Purchasing Policy identifies the Department Head as the agency <br />contact for sourcing and purchasing local food, but most need information about <br />how and where to find local food. As Department Heads work to comply with the <br />County's Local Food Purchasing Plan, they are raising questions about how to <br />define local. For example, when working with Punchy's Diner, they were unsure <br />if they needed to ask whether the meat was locally - raised, locally- processed or <br />both. <br />Department Heads anticipate having to spend more money on local food, making <br />cost a challenge. They also need information about ways to substitute locally - <br />sourced food for processed items, such as granola bars and cheese trays, that are <br />convenient and commonly used at meetings /departmental events. <br />Food safety requirements, supply present expected challenges <br />Department managers rely on Cabarrus County Risk Management office to <br />determine food safety requirements. In general, individual vendors must comply <br />with the food safety requirements mandated by the distribution companies. Both <br />CMC Northeast and Cabarrus County Schools requires each vendor to have a <br />Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan in place. <br />To access institutional markets, individual farmers must be able to meet their <br />supply needs. For example, a producer providing a product to Cabarrus County <br />Schools must supply 37 schools each week. <br />20 <br />Attachment number 1 <br />1 -1 Page 255 <br />
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