Staff
Nutrition Services Branch
Department Address
3333 Airport Way
Long Beach, CA 90806
Department Phone
Phone: (562) 427-7923
Fax: (562) 988-0263
Department Hours
We are open Monday through Friday, except for District holidays and furlough days.
Office hours: 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Warehouse delivery hours: 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM, no appointment needed
Staff Resources
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Nutrition Services Web Page Quick Links:
- Contact Us
- Job Opportunities
- Nutrition & Fitness Links
includes ideas for fundraisers, healthy classroom parties and teacher resources
Field Trips
Field Trip lunches may be ordered through Nutrition Services.
- Use the Field Trip Permission & Consent Form to offer a field trip lunch to all participating students. Use the request/decline indicated on the permission slip to arrive at an accurate number of field trip lunches needed, prior to placing an order for field trip lunches.
- Request Field Trip Lunches through your cafeteria supervisor using the Request Field Trip Lunch Form, which also contains instructions on how to place orders and complete required paperwork. Production Center will not accept any field trip lunch requested without a signed BD-919 that contains an account number to bill for wasted meals.
- Field Trip menus and nutritional content are available on Nutrition Services' Web page at: Field Trip Information
Competitive Food and Beverage Guidelines
菠菜网lol正规平台 is required to follow federal and state guidelines for any food or beverage item sold on a school campus from midnight through 30 minutes after school.
- Quick Reference Cards
- Competitive Food Standards Compliance Calculator
- USDA Interim Final Regulations and California Requirements
- CDE Resource Page
If you are interested in selling food or beverage items at your school or have any questions, please contact the Nutrition Services Branch at (562) 427-7923 or by email to ChildNutrition@firstnews-extra.com.
Catering
The Nutrition Services Branch provides catering services for District offices only. Email inquiries and requests to productionsupervisor@firstnews-extra.com.
Local Wellness Policy
The Wellness Policy is updated and monitored by the District Wellness Council. For more information on the Wellness Policy or Wellness Council, please email Dr. Esther Deth, School Wellness Coordinator.
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Farm to School
菠菜网lol正规平台's Farm to School grant provides funds to purchase locally grown foods featured monthly in school cafeterias along with nutrition education materials and school garden support. Check out the resources below for our featured monthly produce:
- Featured Produce
- Peaches: Peaches Virtual Field Trip
- Grapes: Grapes Virtual Field Trip
- Sugar Snap Peas: Sugar Snap Peas Virtual Field Trip
- Organic Baby Arugula: Arugula Virtual Field Trip
- Organic Oranges: Oranges Virtual Field Trip
- Spinach: Spinach Virtual Field Trip
School Garden Support Grant
The district’s Farm to School grant has funding available to all 菠菜网lol正规平台 school sites with an existing school garden. Sites selected for the grant will receive $1,000 to purchase items from approved garden materials suppliers to support their school garden. Farm to School Garden Support Grants were awarded on December 10th to support the school gardens at the following sites: Alvarado, Birney, Browning, Burbank, Cabrillo, Edison, Franklin, Fremont, Gant, Garfield, Harte, Herrera, Hoover, Hudson, Hughes, King, Lincoln, Lindbergh, Lindsey, Los Cerritos, Lowell, Madison, Mann, McKinley, Naples, Nelson, Poly, Prisk, Sato, Signal Hill, Twain, Webster, Whittier, and Willard.
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Nutrition Center Tours
We encourage schools to make requests to visit our Nutrition Center and tour our facility. The tours have been rewarding experiences for our staff, as well as the students who have toured our facility. Approximately one (1) hour should be allowed for the tour, which includes the opportunity for questions and answers and refreshments.
Complete the Nutrition Center Tour Request form and mail it to the Nutrition Center, or fax it to (562) 997-2683.