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Ramsey & Hennepin Commissioners Mai Chong Xiong & Angela Conley: Vote like your life depends on it

Ramsey & Hennepin Commissioners urge you to vote like your life depends on it. Learn why local elections impact your daily life and make your voice heard!

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Mai Chong Xiong and Angela Conley, Ramsey and Hennepin County Commissioners, speak at an event.

Ramsey County Commissioners Mai Chong Xiong and Angela Conley discuss the importance of voting, particularly in local elections. They emphasize the impact of commissioners’ decisions on everyday life and encourage viewers to make their voices heard at the ballot box.

The commissioners highlight how voting influences community services, infrastructure, and policies that directly affect residents. They urge citizens to understand the power of their vote and participate actively in the democratic process.

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WCCUSD Joins Statewide Organic School Food Purchasing Cooperative

Other districts involved include: Alameda USD, Albany USD, Berkeley USD, Capistrano USD, Cupertino Union SD, Hayward USD, Laguna Beach USD, Lagunitas Elementary SD, Mt. Diablo USD, North Monterey County USD, Pajaro Valley USD, San Leandro USD, San Ramon Valley USD, Santa Clara USD, Sausalito Marin City SD, Tahoe-Truckee USD and West Contra Costa USD.

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West Contra Costa Unified School District food services team members pose for a photo at Back-to-School Night. Photo courtesy of WCCUSD.

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Seventeen California public school districts, including West Contra Costa Unified (WCCUSD), have joined a purchasing cooperative to pool their buying power and expand access to organic food in school meals.

The nonprofit Conscious Kitchen recently announced the launch of the Conscious Organic School Food Purchasing Cooperative. Its founding districts serve more than 300,000 students combined.

The cooperative partnered with food distributors UNFI and Sysco to expand the organic products available to participating districts. Combining schools’ purchasing demand helps distributors plan with suppliers while creating more dependable markets for organic farmers and food makers, according to Conscious Kitchen.

Other eligible California school districts can access the cooperative’s products and pricing through its existing contracts without conducting their own bids. Mt. Diablo Unified School District serves as the lead district for the cooperative’s grocery bid.

Barbara Jellison, WCCUSD’s executive director of food services, said the cooperative builds on years of work bringing fresh, organic food into school kitchens.

“The next challenge has always been how to make that possible for more districts,” Jellison said. “The Co-op gives schools a way to take what we have learned and move it to a completely different scale.”