School lunch at Lillian Larsen Elementary School in San Miguel. The kumquats and apples are locally grown. The honey in the cornbread is locally sourced.
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Finger limes from Shanley Farms are a bit hit with the school kids.
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Finger limes are fun to open and see the pearls, and to eat!
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The fresh salad bar at Lillian Larsen Elementary School offers the kids many healthy, locally grown options.
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The cornbread at Lillian Larsen Elementary School is made from locally grown honey and uses less sugar to be healthier.
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The drumsticks are not locally sourced, but if anyone knows a local poultry farmer, get in touch with San Miguel USD.
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Edna Bakery in the Edna Valley supplies many bread items, including the hoagie rolls for the sandwiches.
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The Lillian Larsen Elementary School kitchen is being overhauled. For this school year, the mobile kitchen means the kids get to dine al fresco.
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The Lillian Larsen middle schoolers are engaged in a project involving growing wheat.
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Local farmers are giving school lunches a complete makeover thanks to a relatively new program of farm-to-school. Local farmers stop by to drop off freshly-picked, locally-grown fruits and vegetables, freshly-baked bread, kumquats and more!
Fr. Ian Delinger currently serves as Rector at St Stephen's Episcopal Church in San Luis Obispo. He was born on the Central Coast, and was raised in both rural western Nebraska and on the Central Coast. He studied Chemistry at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. Then, he moved to the Silicon Valley where he was as a project manager in a consulting firm which specializes in environmental, health and safety issues for the semiconductor manufacturing industry and other high technology industries, followed by a couple of stints in corporate events management and marketing.