Doubletree by Hilton Spokane City Center
322 N Spokane Falls Ct, Spokane, WA 99201
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Pre- Conference Options (Sunday 7/28):
Certified Food Protection Manager (CFPM) Training & Exam
The Washington State Retail Food Code requires that at least 1 employee of the Child Nutrition Department hold a certificate as a Certified Food Protection Manager beginning March 1, 2023. CFPM certificates are valid for 5 years. If you are interested in expanding your food safety knowledge or need to become CFPM certified for your job, please join us for this pre-conference training opportunity that will be taught by certified instructors. Did you know that completion of the 8 hour CFPM training can additionally count towards meeting the 8 hour Food Safety & Sanitation requirement for Level 1 certification with SNA?
Sunday, July 28, 2024
8:00-5:00 pm Training (includes 1 hour break for lunch)
5:00 pm Exam (2 hours is the maximum time allowed)
CEUs: 8 hours
Fee: $90.00
Material: Participants are required to purchase the Serv Safe Manager Book 7th Edition, with Exam Answer Sheet and bring these materials to the training. Materials are available in multiple languages, for $72.99 on the ServSafe website. The in-person training will be offered in English. Review of these materials prior to the training is highly recommended for exam success. Photo ID must be presented at registration.
Registration Deadline: June 30, 2024
Field-to-Flavor Tour
Join us for a farm-to-school and local foods in school pre-conference event. We will start with a farm tour at CasaCano Farms. CasaCano Farms is a vegetable and livestock farm in Valleyford, WA, 12 miles south of Downtown Spokane. They have been very active in selling to school districts for two years. Attendees will learn about how they have worked with schools and how this has impacted their business. Next, we will head to the Freeman School District kitchen to test some of the most popular farm to school dishes in the Eastern WA region. Learn tips and tricks for cooking these items, as well as how to enhance flavor and add choices with toppings bars.
Sunday, July 28, 2024
Schedule Update:
12 pm- Check in Opens
12:30 pm- Bus departs from hotel
1:00-5:00pm- Field to Flavor Tour
5:30 pm- Arrive back at hotel
CEUs: 4 hours
Fee: $60.00 (Includes round trip transportation from the conference hotel)
Registration Deadline Extended to: July 15, 2024
Attendees will meet at the DoubleTree lobby at 12:30pm and will return to the DoubleTree lobby at 5:30pm.
*The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) and Northeast WA Educational Service District (NEW ESD) 101 have partnered to host a pre-conference field to flavor event.*
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