Daylight Foods is and approved vendor through this USDA pilot program, which allows schools more flexibility to purchase unprocessed and minimally processed products such as apples, baby carrots and shredded lettuce using their DOD commodity money. With a wide-range of approved products, Daylight Foods makes it easy to use your USDA funds through online ordering. We also offer in-house processing to deliver produce that conforms to your food service program.

The USDA’s Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program provides children in elementary schools with fresh snacks during the day. At Daylight Foods we help schools coordinate this program by scheduling new, fun and delicious snacks throughout the school year – letting you know what fresh, local produce we’ll be delivering a month in advance so that teachers can work snacks into lessons and activities. We provide invoicing and assistance to make the reimbursement process simple.

Supporting local farms is embedded in our mission. Through our farm to school and harvest of the month programs we work with local growers to provide fresh seasonal produce to schools. We provide signage, educational tools and monthly suggestions to make it easy to incorporate local foods into cafeterias. We partner with the Community Alliance of Family Farms to supply districts with tracking, marketing materials and consultation.

Children that are exposed to gardening at a young age are more likely to eat fresh fruits and vegetables into adulthood. We offer a grant to the districts we serve in order to encourage the growth of new and existing school gardens.

For more information, please contact schools@daylightfoods.com