On November 17th, Sharon Springs CSD capitalized on the contest by involving not only the whole school but reached out to the New York Beef Council and NY Agriculture in the Classroom to assist in the promotion of one of their beef recipes served in the cafeteria. Sharon Springs featured a “Shephard’s Pie Beef Bowl” “The Sparta Bowl” during lunch. Students involved with the project created the recipe cooked the recipe, and served it to hungry students throughout lunch. Beef Man made a special appearance to help serve up some beef bowls and give away prizes to students who ordered the beef bowl.
Ann Allen, Sharon Springs Agriculture Teacher and FFA Advisor commented about the Top Cut’s Contest: “Top Cuts allows us to talk about more than just the meat, it allows us to use math, apply science and food safety skills that can be shared at home. “ Allen went on to say, “Students need hands-on activities to associate it with real-world things, not a lot of students get an opportunity to cook, not a lot of them know where their food comes from even though we live in a rural area, and to see the connection between things and support the local activity is great!”
Other school foodservice beef recipes can be found here: at https://www.nybeef.org/education/school-foodservice/recipes-for-lunch-programs . Stay tuned to see what other beef recipes were created by students during this contest! Winners will be announced before the holiday break!
To find out more about the Top Cuts program visit https://newyork.agclassroom.org/programs/topcut/
To learn more about New York Beef Council and Beef Checkoff-funded activities happening in New York visit www.nybeef.org