Digital hands-on learning for busy cafeteria staff

Help students eat a variety of foods and develop healthy habits with Harvest Bars.

You’ll learn to order, prep, assemble, and promote fresh, build-your-own Harvest Bars students will love. We cover three seasonal bar concepts: yogurt bar (Fall), baked potato bar (Winter), and greens bar (Spring/Summer). Harvest Bars help market local foods in cafeterias with fun, new concepts. All five lessons are easy to follow and designed for your busy schedule. You’ll spend no more than 20 minutes on each lesson.
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This course will help you to:

  • ASSEMBLE

    Assemble new and exciting ways for students to choose fresh, local ingredients

  • DISCOVER

    Discover the benefits of Harvest Bars like better nutrition, waste reduction, and food variety

  • BUILD

    Build on your prep, setup, and presentation skills

  • ADD

    Add onto existing school lunch recipes for well-rounded offerings

Course Curriculum

    1. Welcome!

    2. How to use this course

    3. Pre-Course Survey

    1. Lesson 1.1: Feed Our Future Program Overview

    2. Lesson 1.2: Leadership Council

    3. Meet the Leadership Council

    4. Lesson 1.3: Farm to School Bid

    5. Lesson 1.4: Harvest of the Month

    6. Lesson 1.5: Grower and Producer Storytelling

    7. Quiz

    1. Eat the Rainbow: Harvest Bar Introduction

    2. Standard Operating Procedures

    3. How To Set Up a Successful Eat The Rainbow Harvest Bar

    4. Local Planogram: Eat The Rainbow

    5. Leveled Up Local Planogram: Eat The Rainbow

    6. Production Record: Eat The Rainbow Harvest Bar

    7. Quiz

    1. Fall Harvest Bar: The Yogurt Harvest Bar

    2. Standard Operating Procedures

    3. How To Set Up a Successful Yogurt Harvest Bar

    4. Local Planogram: The Yogurt Harvest Bar

    5. Leveled Up Local Planogram: The Yogurt Harvest Bar

    6. Production Record: The Yogurt Harvest Bar

    7. Communications Toolkit: The Yogurt Harvest Bar

    8. Marketing Toolkit- COMING SOON!

    9. Quiz

    1. Winter Harvest Bar: The Baked Potato Harvest Bar

    2. Standard Operating Procedures

    3. How To Set Up a Successful Baked Potato Harvest Bar

    4. Local Planogram: The Baked Potato Harvest Bar

    5. Leveled Up Local Planogram: The Baked Potato Harvest Bar

    6. Production Record: The Baked Potato Harvest Bar

    7. Communications Toolkit: The Baked Potato Harvest Bar

    8. Marketing Toolkit- COMING SOON!

    9. Quiz

    1. Spring Harvest Bar: Growing with Greens Harvest Bar

    2. The Standard Operating Procedures

    3. How To Set Up A Successful Grow with Greens Harvest Bar

    4. Local Planogram: Grow with Greens Harvest Bar

    5. Leveled Up Local Planogram: Grow with Greens Harvest Bar

    6. Product Record: Growing with Greens Harvest Bar

    7. Growing with Greens: Communications Toolkit

    8. Growing with Greens Marketing Toolkit-COMING SOON

    9. Quiz

    10. Certificate of Completion

About this course

  • Free
  • 45 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content

Meet Our Experts

Lessons have been crafted by experienced public health professionals who understand your busy schedules, demands, and goals.

Alison Patrick, MPH, RD, LD

Supervisor of Youth Health & Wellness, Cuyahoga County Board of Health Founder of Feed Our Future

Alison is an experienced public health professional with nearly two decades of experience. She launched Feed Our Future, the first farm-to-school program in Cuyahoga County, in 2010 and created a regional network of more than 70 school district partners engaged in farm-to-school programming! Alison also pioneered Ohio’s first farm-to-school bid in 2015, which led to a $2 million investment in the local and regional food system. Her efforts created economic opportunities for more than 30 local and regional food producers and makers.

Liz Manley, MPH, CHES

Program Manager of Early Childhood Health, Cuyahoga County Board of Health

Liz is a dedicated public health professional who specializes in early childhood health. She advocates for equitable access to local food, healthy environments, and quality resources for children in Northeast Ohio. Liz supports Feed Our Future’s efforts to create opportunities for small- to medium-sized growers and makers. She helps provide local food to children, especially those in historically underinvested and under-resourced areas.

Ali Guzik, MPH

Program Manager of Farm to School, Cuyahoga County Board of Health

Ali is passionate about increasing local food education and consumption in K-12 school districts through programming & cafeteria events. She helps connect local and regional producers and schools to increase local food procurement. Ali is committed to giving students more access to local, healthy food and helping them understand that their food can be grown here!

Are you ready to bring fresh variety to your cafeteria?

In five 20-minute modules, you'll get easy-to-follow steps to set up your own Harvest Bar line.

  • How can you create meals students will love? Build-your-own bars give students the power of choice. Learn how to prepare fresh, colorful Harvest Bars using local ingredients that appeal to students’ tastes. Our step-by-step guides make it simple to add variety and excitement to your school menu.

  • Why is student nutrition so important? Healthy, balanced meals fuel students’ energy and focus, setting them up for a productive day of learning. You play an important role in supporting student growth and success!

  • How can you bring fresh ideas to the Harvest Bar concept? We help you think outside the box! You'll learn how to setup three Harvest Bar concepts, with suggestions for small tweaks that make the concept unique to your cafeteria.

Learn how fresh foods in a new build-your-own format gets students interested in healthy lunches!

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About Feed Our Future

Learn how our initiatives help transform school nutrition programs with the help of dedicated cafeteria staff like you!

Feed Our Future is dedicated to making fresh, local food accessible to ALL children, regardless of their school. Over the past decade, we've grown from serving one school district in Northeast Ohio to partnering with more than 66 districts across Ohio. Our mission is to build momentum in our communities, connecting schools with local food sources to improve student nutrition and well-being.
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