This is "Home Grown School Lunch Week"

16 Northeast Iowa schools are serving local foods on school lunch menus this week and participating in nutrition education and fitness activities as part of Home Grown School Lunch Week.

The focus of the week is on eating local foods as part of school lunches along with conducting school-based activities to promote healthier eating.  Students can also participate by buying local foods and packing an Iowa Home Grown Lunch.

The Decorah, North Winneshiek and South Winneshiek School Districts will be among the 16 school districts participating.  Decorah schools will be serving apples from Peake Orchards and coleslaw with local cabbage from GROWN Locally.  Tomatoes, lettuce, radishes, garlic and parsley from the Decorah High School school garden will be served.  North Winneshiek will be serving local foods during lunch including cabbage from Patchwork Green Farm of Decorah and will be using local ground beef in several of the menu items, as well as using local apples and local vegetables.  South Winneshiek will serve a local food each day during the week, including carrots on Monday; broccoli on Tuesday; homemade salsa on Wednesday, local yogurt on Thursday and roasted potatoes and coleslaw on Friday.