Fresh Bites: NY 30% Incentive Program

30% Rules and Documentation

Current Participants

Qualifying SFAs

30% Guidance and Documentation Requirements are available on the NYSED website

Addison CSD Akron CSD* Alfred-Almond CSD Allegany-Limestone CSD Argyle CSD Avoca CSD Barker CSD Bath CSD Berne-Knox-Westerlo CSD Binghamton City SD Bradford CSD Buffalo City SD* Campbell-Savona CSD Canaseraga CSD Canisteo-Greenwood CSD Cassadaga Valley CSD Chenango Forks CSD Chenango Valley CSD Corning City SD Depew UFSD* Deposit CSD Dundee CSD Elmira City SD Elmira Heights CSD Forestville CSD Franklinville CSD Genesee Valley CSD Hamburg CSD Hammondsport CSD Harpursville CSD Hornell City SD Horseheads CSD Ithaca City SD Jasper-Troupsburg CSD Johnson City CSD Lancaster CSD* Maine-Endwell CSD Newark Valley CSD Niskayuna CSD Odessa-Montour CSD

Helpful resources available on the website: • FAQ for 30% initiative during 2020-21 SY • 30% NYS initiative application for state subsidy • 30% calculation tool • Product formulation statement • 30% eligibility worksheet And More… DOCUMENTATION IS THE KEY! SFAs must have documentation for each food item contributing to the 30% initiative that reasonably demonstrates each food item meets the definition of a NYS food product. If SFAs are interested in applying for the NYS 30% initiative, it is essential to maintain proper documentation throughout the school year. This documentation may include but is not limited to: Solicitations, contracts, purchase orders, price lists, labels, invoices, receipts, NYS Product Lists, production records, l etters from a farm, vendor or distributor, records of child nutrition revenue and expenditures and Product Formulation statements for documenting processed NY state food products. It is imperative that SFAs keep all supporting documentation and upon request, SFAs are required to make all accounts and records pertaining to its school food service immediately available to USDA, NYSED or any other authorized entity, for audit or review. If the SFA cannot provide supporting documentation to reasonably demonstrate each food item is a NY food product and the supply food chain systems, SFAs may not qualify.

Oneida-Herkimer-Madison Boces serves 15 school districts including: Brookfield CSD Clinton CSD Frankfort Schuyler CSD Herkimer CSD Mount Markham CSD

30% INITIATIVE DEFINITIONS Any New York State (NYS) Food Product purchased and used in the reimbursable meal for the school lunch program may contribute toward the 30% NYS Initiative. A “New York State Food Product” is defined as: • A food item that is grown, harvested, or produced in New York State (NYS); or • A food item processed inside or outside NYS comprising over 51% agricultural raw materials grown, harvested, or produced in NYS, by weight or volume. “Producing” means the producing of food grown upon and/or harvested from the farm or waters through agricultural, horticultural, aquacultural, or dairying processes. Common Examples: Raw or whole fruits and vegetables Carrots, Apples, Broccoli, Cabbage, Tomatoes “Processing” means any alteration of a food product from its raw or original state to enhance its value or render it suitable for consumption. Examples of processing include, but are not limited to, butchering of meat or poultry, cooking, juicing, pasteurizing, peeling/ cutting, and/or packaging food products. Common Examples: Foods that have been chopped, peeled, frozen, etc. Beef, Milk, Cheese, Maple Syrup

New Hartford CSD New York Mills CSD Oriskany CSD Owen D. Young CSD Poland CSD Remsen CSD Richfield CSD Sauquoit CSD Waterville CSD Westmoreland CSD Owego-Apalachin CSD Prattsburgh CSD Schuylerville CSD Scio CSD* Susquehanna Valley CSD Tioga CSD

Trumansburg CSD Union-Endicott CSD Vestal CSD Watkins Glen CSD Waverly CSD Wellsville CSD* Whitesville CSD Whitney Point CSD

Wilson CSD* Windsor CSD

* Denotes SFAs that qualified in 2018-2019 and 2019-2020. All other SFAs qualified in just 2019-2020.

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