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Wednesday, May 15, 2024
7:30am - 4:30pm Registration Open Location: Landing / Paradise Bay Ballroom (2nd Floor)
7:30am - 8:30am Breakfast Buffet Location: Silver Bay Ballroom (4th Floor)
8:45am - 10:30am Opening General Session Location: Paradise Bay Ballroom (2nd Floor) Department of Agriculture and Markets New York State Education Department Office of General Services
10:45m - 11:30am Breakout Workshops Processing the Bird: The Whole Bird, the Dark, the White and Everything in Between!Location: Lakeshore C Marianne Dayton, SNS, Senior k-12 Director, Affinity Group Further processing of Poultry- Steps to plan to use the Whole Bird. Presentation Slides Here Distribution of Commodities and Stakeholder Roles Location: Lakeshore AB Frank Palmo, Food Distribution Administrator, Office of General Services In this session, you will gain valuable insight into the role that both OGS and your school district plays in New York State’s USDA Foods program through the lens of the OGS USDA Foods Timeline. Through this discussion, you will gain a better understanding of these roles and of your role in the events that occur throughout the annual timeline for the USDA Direct Delivery (Brown Box), USDA Direct Diversion (Processing), USDA DoD Fresh, and USDA Pilot programs. Presentation Slides Here NYS Education Department - Round table discussions Location: Paradise Bay Ballroom (2nd Floor) Kimberly Vumbaco, Director, Child Nutrition Programs, NYS Education Department Participants will have the opportunity to participate in specific topic discussions with SED Child Nutrition staff, peers, and partners in this interactive session. Topics to include meal pattern requirements, procurement, administrative reviews, farm to school, and use of school foodservice funds.
11:30am - 2:00pm Lunch with Tabletop Displays and Speed Networking Location: Silver Bay Ballroom (4th Floor) Click here for the full list of table tops with fun facts!
2:15pm – 3:00pm Breakout Workshops: Owning Your Program’s Narrative: Harnessing The Power of Social MediaLocation: Lakeshore AB Dan Giusti, Brigaid The concept of social media is often negative and even daunting when we think of school food. But it doesn't have to be! Dan Giusti has used social media to shed light on the great work of school food service programs and staff across the US, since starting Brigaid. Throughout this session, Dan will share tips and tricks for how to build a positive social media presence for your program. Presentation Slides Here Simplifying USDA Foods Location: Lakeshore C Jose Quinones – National School Business Development, J.T.M Food Group In this session you will learn different ways to spend your entitlement dollars from maximizing the usage of USDA foods in your menu; making a reimbursable meal that incorporates speed-scratch; ensuring a sustainable program and ultimately making a positive impact on your program’s finance. Presentation Slides Here Innovative Practices Summer Meals Location: Paradise Bay Ballroom (2nd Floor) Cody Bloomfield, Afterschool and Summer Meals Specialist, Hunger Solutions New York and Liz Lucas, Program Manager, No Kid Hungry New York Join Hunger Solutions New York and No Kid Hungry New York to learn about best practices to reach more kids and teens with summer meals. Participants will learn more about: strategies for effective summer meals outreach to families and caregivers; leveraging the rural non-congregate option to reach more kids with summer meals; and building partnerships with community-based organizations to add new feeding sites. Join the conversation to set yourself up for a successful summer in 2024! Presentation Slides Here
3:15pm - 4:30pm General Session: Location: Paradise Bay Ballroom (2nd Floor) Getting started with Scratch Cooking - Dan Giusti, Brigaid
5:00pm – 6:00pm Drink to Your Health Mocktail Happy Hour Location: Lobby |
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