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April is the last delivery month of the 21-22 school year.

The 21-22 school year was definitely challenging with the supply issues. Thank you for all your patience! I look forward to working with you all during the 22-23 school year.

School Year 2022 -2023 Food Purchases

All the food orders have been placed with USDA for the next school year. Please reference the list of foods to see what months the foods will be available. The items shaded in gray are not available. If  food was not purchased, it was due to the demand (total cases) not being high enough, or I could not arrange a split with another state. Due to the smaller size of our state we aren't able to take full truck quantities. We split trucks with several other smaller states. Until the USDA items are officially purchased, the truck's delivery times and case amounts are subject to change. 

The prices per case amounts in ND Foods are estimated until the USDA has purchased the foods. I expect that case costs will increase on the brown box items once the purchases are made.

Bonus Foods - USDA Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC Funds)

On December 17, 2021, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the Biden-Harris Administration is providing up to $1.5 billion to states and school districts to help school meal program operators deal with the challenges of supply chain disruptions brought on by the pandemic. To support USDA Foods in School Program, $300 Million has been dedicated to support food orders.

• ND was allocated $918,498 to purchase USDA Foods

  • The foods will be a 'bonus.' Bonus food do not deduct from entitlement funds

  • The foods will be available at the beginning of the school year – arriving at the warehouse in July through September 2022

The items coming into the warehouse first half of July (7/15/22) will be on the August survey. Items coming in on 7/31 (second half of July) & 8/15 (first half of August) will be on the September survey. Items coming in 9/15 (the first half of September) will be on the October survey.  

The August food survey is available in NDFOODS  -  April 4 - April 17.  The September food survey will be available April 25-May8.

Contact Information

For all USDA School Food Distribution inquiries please contact:

Tara Koster - tkoster@nd.gov

NDDPI Child Nutrition and Food Distribution
Main Office:
600 E. Boulevard Ave, Dept 201
Bismarck, ND 58505
PHONE: 701-328-2294 or 888-338-3663
FAX: 701-328-9566
Email: dpicnfd@nd.gov

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