Pittsburgh Regional Food Service Directors - PRFSD

Please enjoy the next edition of our Business & Industry Partner Spotlight! This edition features B&I member Jeff Wisniewski with the Acxion Foodservice! Thanks for all you do to support the K-12 community and PRFSD Jeff!👏👏👏

SNAPa & PPS held a workshop at Yarnick’s Farms featuring local produce from Yarnick’s Farms and Happy Valley Meats. The workshop offered information for local food sourcing, agricultural education and practical strategies for bringing local Pennsylvania products into school nutrition.

Many PRFSD director attended the event in Indiana, Pa. Thank you to Dan Yarnick for hosting the event!

2026 PRFSD Debra Morrone & Veronica Keener Scholarship Awardees!

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Today, CCAC Dietetics program spent the day at Southmoreland Elementary School with grades 2-5. We incorporated nutrition lessons into their physical education class! We enjoyed talking about every day foods such as broccoli, beans, and cheese and “sometimes” foods such as cookies, pizza, and ice cream. The kids rode scooters, hopped, skipped, and even did gymnastics to burn some calories!

I would like to thank Ms. Rachel Means for collaborating this effort for us to spend the day with her students; Mr. Zachary Malavite for taking us on a tour of their kitchen and allowing us to watch the meal process for the children; Mr. Dan Krofcheck, elementary Principal and Dr. Jason Boone Superintendent for allowing us to spend the day in their amazing school. We hope this is a collaboration that will continue over years to come!

Here a just a few photos from today: