LISD Nutrition is ‘Best of the Bunch’ in Farm Fresh Challenge – Cross Timbers Gazette | Southern Denton County | Flower Mound

The lewisville ISD Nutrition Department has once more received the “Best of the Bunch” prime tier award for its efforts within the Texas Department of Agriculture’s 2022 Fall Farm Fresh Challenge.

Throughout the month of October, the vitamin staff supplied regionally sourced Texas meals and offered garden-based studying actions to strengthen college students’ appreciation for Texas agriculture. The division shared its achievements on social media all through the problem to additional champion and promote native meals for youths of their faculties, based on a information launch from the division.

“Participating within the Farm Fresh Challenge has an actual affect on college students, communities, and native agricultural economies,” Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller stated. “Connecting Texas farmers with faculty vitamin applications builds wholesome habits that may final a lifetime. I’m pleased with all the colleges that participated on this 12 months’s problem, and I thank them for the exhausting work they do to maintain younger Texans wholesome all 12 months.”

Lewisville ISD joined 156 different faculty districts and constitution organizations for the annual occasion, pledging to Eat Local, Teach Local and Be Social. By serving wholesome and balanced meals, providing agricultural and vitamin schooling, and prioritizing native Texas meals, the district believes it has demonstrated dedication to the well-being of their college students whereas recognizing the efforts of native farmers and ranchers to offer prime quality meals.

 “I at all times look ahead to each October for this problem,” stated Dietitian Elaine Graham. “Even although we’re consistently serving recent, nutritious meals within the faculties – figuring out that in this month meals are coming from native farmers in the neighborhood, makes our menus further particular.”