St. Clair County Schools Farm to School Bid Request

Monday, June 11, 2012

St. Clair County Schools Farm to School Bid Request

(Apologies for cross posting)

Greetings growers and vendors,

Capac Community Schools, East China Schools, Marysville Schools, Yale Public Schools and Port Huron Schools in St. Clair County are accepting proposals for Michigan fruits and vegetables including apples, broccoli, Swiss chard, cherry tomatoes, and slicing tomatoes.

For initial consideration, please complete and submit the Vendor Questionnaire included in the attached packet by 2 pm on June 29^th, 2012. Then, a meeting and/or farm tour will be requested by relevant school food service directors in June. Product Availability and Pricing Forms (also in the attached packet) are due by August 15^th as the final proposal later in the summer, prior to the start of the school year. At that time, feel free to make the school food service directors aware of any additional products you would like them to consider.

Please direct all responses, questions and inquiries to any of the following school food service directors:

· Vicki Watson, Capac Community Schools , 403 N. Glassford Capac, MI 48014

810-395-3855, vwatson@capacschools.us

· Julie Humphrey, East China Schools, 1585 Meisner Rd. East China, MI 48054

810-676-1112, jhumphrey@ecsd.us

· Tina Tallman, Marysville School, 555 E. Huron, Marysville, MI 48040

810-455-6026, ttallman@marysvilleschools.us

· Louanne Warner, Yale Public Schools, 247 School Drive

810-387-4245, lwarner@yale.k12.mi.us

· Mary Kurkowski, Port Huron Schools, 1925 Lapeer Ave, Port Huron, MI 48061

810-984-3101 329, mkurkowski@phasd.us

Thanks for your consideration,