{"id":2393,"date":"2025-02-05T18:55:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T18:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/?p=2393"},"modified":"2025-02-05T19:00:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T19:00:31","slug":"cdfa-producer-engagement-specialist-offers-pointers-on-how-to-sell-to-school-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/cdfa-producer-engagement-specialist-offers-pointers-on-how-to-sell-to-school-districts\/","title":{"rendered":"CDFA producer engagement specialist offers pointers on how to sell to school districts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"504\" data-attachment-id=\"2395\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/cdfa-producer-engagement-specialist-offers-pointers-on-how-to-sell-to-school-districts\/02-03-25-f2s-ecofarm-session-small-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/02.03.25-F2S-EcoFarm-Session-small-2.png\" data-orig-size=\"504,504\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"02.03.25 F2S EcoFarm Session small 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/02.03.25-F2S-EcoFarm-Session-small-2-300x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/02.03.25-F2S-EcoFarm-Session-small-2.png\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/02.03.25-F2S-EcoFarm-Session-small-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/02.03.25-F2S-EcoFarm-Session-small-2.png 504w, https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/02.03.25-F2S-EcoFarm-Session-small-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/02.03.25-F2S-EcoFarm-Session-small-2-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>CDFA Farm to School South Coast Region Producer Engagement Specialist Chris Massa takes part in an EcoFarm Conference session and speaks to conference attendees about how producers can sell directly to school districts.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">CDFA Farm to School Producer Engagement Specialist Chris Massa recently took part in an EcoFarm Conference session, \u201cHow to Get Ready to Sell to School Districts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">It was a well-attended opportunity for conference attendees to hear from Massa, Queen of Vegetables Organic Farm owner Yadira Mendiola and Live Oak School District Child Nutrition Services Director Kelsey Perusse for tips and requirements about selling directly to school districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Did you know CDFA\u2019s Office of Farm to Fork has advisors in eight regions across California available to help producers and school districts connect for the benefit of serving students locally grown, nutritious fruits and veggies? Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcafarmtofork.cdfa.ca.gov%2FCaFarmtoSchoolProgram.htm&amp;data=05%7C02%7CJoshua.Bingham%40cdfa.ca.gov%7C1e93f04cf73649e77fa608dd45492b63%7Cafdfd251a22248978cbaae68cabfffbc%7C0%7C0%7C638742902746198266%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=9dBz9nww%2FVtfrosIZ3aMITduHrGC4OY39YlygApo71I%3D&amp;reserved=0\">CDFA Farm to School Program webpage<\/a> and click on the About Us dropdown menu to find and connect to your local advisors!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CDFA Farm to School Producer Engagement Specialist Chris Massa recently took part in an EcoFarm Conference session, \u201cHow to Get Ready to Sell to School Districts.\u201d It was a well-attended opportunity for conference attendees to hear from Massa, Queen of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/cdfa-producer-engagement-specialist-offers-pointers-on-how-to-sell-to-school-districts\/\"><span class=\"text-nowrap\">Continue reading <i class=\"fa fa-fw fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,40,12,23],"tags":[37,71,4,73],"class_list":["post-2393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-farm-to-school","category-cdfa-farm-to-school-program","category-cdfa-inspection-services-division","category-cdfa-f2f","tag-california-farm-to-school-network","tag-california-farm-to-school-program","tag-farm-to-school","tag-food-access"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2393"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2400,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393\/revisions\/2400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/CDFAInspectionServicesBlog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}