School-grown lamb among Farm to School foods
Jan. 24, 2024 / Klamath County School District cooks spent an afternoon learning a recipe for Oregon-grown and school-grown lamb from Henley and Lost River FFA programs to determine the best way to serve the less familiar meat to students.
The cooks gathered at Henley High School’s kitchen Jan. 24 to prepare the test meal, replacing beef with lamb in a shepherd’s pie recipe. Students will get a chance to eat the lamb shepherd pie in school cafeterias Feb. 29 as part of the district’s Farm to School program.
KCSD Food Services Supervisor Jennifer Detwiler and the district’s Farm to School Procurement Coordinator Kekoa Taipin led the training. The lamb was purchased by the district through its Farm to School procurement partners. In total, 1,000 pounds of lamb will be used to feed students in 21 schools. Of that, about 240 pounds are from Henley and Lost FFA programs; the rest is from Anderson Ranches near Brownsville, Ore.
Nine cooks from five schools – Lost River Junior/Senior High, and Henley, Ferguson, Keno, Merrill – joined in. The recipe will be shared with cooks from the other KCSD schools. This is the second of three trainings scheduled during the year. In October, cooks tried new recipes for delicata squash. In March, they will test out tamale pie recipes using locally grown beef.
Since September, the district’s Farm to School program has procured and served or will serve to students:
• From Maranatha Farms in Klamath Falls: 1,086 pounds of cantaloupe, 1,871 pounds of watermelon, and 67 pounds of cucumbers for salad bars.
• Sweet Union Farms, Klamath Falls: 1,900 pounds of delicata squash, 4,750 carrots.
• David Wilson, Klamath Falls: 645 pounds of variety of apples for salad bars.
• Circle C Potatoes, Malin: 4,400 pounds of fingerling potatoes.
• Cal-Ore, Tulelake: 1,750 yellow potatoes, 1,150 pounds of red potatoes.
• Henley/Lost River FFA programs: 241 pounds of lamb.
• Anderson Ranches, Brownsville: 753 pounds of ground lamb.
• Silver Lake, Ore.: 1,875 pounds of ground beef.
• Flying T Ranch, Sprague River: 1,500 beef patties.
• Upcoming: Eggs, local grain, and microgreens.
KCSD’s Farm to School program works with local farmers to bring fresh produce and meat into school cafeterias. Each month, a different food is featured. For fun recipes and more information on Farm to School menus and activities, go to our website: https://www.kcsd.k12.or.us/district/farm-to-school.cfm.
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