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Colasanti, Kathryn J. A.; Matts, Colleen; Hamm, Michael W. – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2012
Objective: This study investigated changes in Michigan school food service directors' farm to school (FTS) participation levels and perspectives since a 2004 survey and factors that would facilitate FTS expansion. Design: Electronic survey census of all Michigan school food service directors. Setting: Michigan kindergarten-12th grade schools.…
Descriptors: Food Service, Lunch Programs, Food Standards, Purchasing
Dodge, William D. – American School Board Journal, 1983
Nine rural school districts in Michigan's Thumb/Saginaw Valley area formed a food service cooperative in 1982-83 that has sucessfully reduced purchasing costs without sacrificing quality. In the cooperative's second year of operation, membership has expanded to 16 systems with a dozen others interested in joining. (JBM)
Descriptors: Cooperatives, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education