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Market Opportunity for Local Fruit and Vegetable Growers!

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Market Opportunity for Local Fruit and Vegetable Growers!

The Farm to School team is looking for farm businesses interested in growing fruits and vegetables for Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS) lunches, snacks, educational events and taste tests.  There are ways to start small by selling for taste tests and Farm to School events at the schools.  We are interested in learning about your farm operation and ways we can collaborate! Quantities and prices have flexibility.

VEGETABLE MONTH (S) QUANTITY/MONTH PRICE
Sweet peppers September-October 75 – 85 dozen       (menu)      $2.50/lb
Cucumbers June – September 300 – 325 dozen   (menu)      $4.00/dz
Tomatoes (slicers) August – September 1500 – 1600 lbs    (menu)      $1.00/lb
Cherry Tomatoes September 20 – 25 pints         (menu)      $1.50/pt
Broccoli May, June, Oct, Nov 500 – 550 lbs        (menu)      $1.50/lb
Winter Squash November 50 – 75 lbs            (menu)      $1.75/lb
Summer Squash September          50 – 75 lbs            (taste test) $1.30/lb
Snap Peas (stringless variety) May        20 – 30 lbs    (taste test/ menu)      $2.50/lb
Sweet Potatoes October-December Taste test  
Strawberries May-June (1st week) 75 – 100 flats 8/1lb flats (menu) $20 – $23 per flat
Blueberries September 100 flats 12-1/2Pt $18 – $23 per flat

Work with us as we expand our kids’ palettes and find a way to simply process produce so that FCPS can buy more local.  Please get in touch!

Stephen O’Brey        (301) 644-5060        Stephen.OBrey@fcps.org

Alysia Feuer             (443) 366-5670        farm2schoolfrederickcounty@gmail.com 

LiveWell Frederick to present at the next FCFC meeting: January 24th 6:30-7:30pm

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LiveWell Frederick to present at the next FCFC meeting: January 24th 6:30-7:30pm

LiveWell Frederick presentation (6:45-7:15pm, January 24th, 2019, Natelli Room in the Urbana Public Library)

Every three years, health systems are required to conduct a community health needs assessment (CHNA) study in collaboration with the local public health entity and community organizations.  The most recent completed in 2016 identified obesity as a rising issue in Frederick County.  A further analysis of data from Maryland shows that there are rising obesity rates among middle and high school children, and there is disparity among those rates with Hispanic and African American families.   Our clinical leadership identified obesity as an initiative that we wanted to tackle from a community health improvement perspective, and we started to research evidence-based interventions to see what has been successful in other communities.

Fortunately, the Centers for Disease Control published two sentinel studies on obesity and effective interventions.  We selected a program that was piloted in the State of Maine, and has been widely adopted and adapted.  The program is called 5-2-1-0, and it focuses on four healthy behaviors that can help individuals and families prevent or reduce obesity.

LiveWell Frederick (www.livewellfrederick.org) was launched by the FMH as a way to increase awareness and engagement in the 5-2-1-0 program, and also to serve as a potential vehicle for other community health improvement initiatives.  To date, we have more than 17 engaged community partners and the goal is to increase public awareness, to encourage business to adopt the principles into their worksite wellness, and to collaborate with the school system to increase the practice of these behaviors in children.