Chefs in schools collaborative cooks up farm fresh lunches

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Schools across eight Kentucky counties now get to enjoy fresh food from local farmers in their school lunches.

The counties involved are Grayson, Boyle, Clark, Oldham, Harlan, Martin, Morgan and Pike. All are now part of the new initiative for healthier and tastier school lunches.

Chefs worked with local food service staff in March to launch the “Chefs in Schools Collaborative”, where six schools were trained with local Chefs to come up with their own way of spicing up traditional fairs like tacos and meatballs.

Kristy Hodges, the school district food service director has worked with Chef Chris Byrd to create lunches that include produce from local farms and are lower in sodium, less processed and use more natural seasonings.

According to Hodges, as stated in a local article, “students loved it”.

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