Duda Raises Bar On School Lunches

Oviedo, FL-based Duda Farm Fresh Foods has donated eight salad bars to the Central Florida’s Seminole County Public School District as part of the United Fresh Produce Association Foundation and first lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools” initiative. The salad bars will be available to more than 16,000 school children and will offer a variety of fresh vegetables and fruits as part of their school lunch program.

Duda also is leading an effort to encourage others to contribute to this important initiative with the goal of placing salad bars in every school in the Seminole County Public School District.

A ceremony was held at Oviedo High School to officially inaugurate the Duda-sponsored salad bars. Students and school officials hosted David Duda, president and CEO of A. Duda and Sons; Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam; Oviedo Mayor Dominic Persampiere; and representatives from the United Fresh Produce Association. “By supporting United Fresh’s ‘Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools’ initiative, we are extending our commitment to help reduce childhood obesity,” said David Duda. “The salad bars will give the children in our own community additional healthy choices every day at lunchtime.”

United Fresh is a founding partner of “Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools,” which has a goal of donating salad bars to 6,000 schools nationwide. “The donation of salad bars by Duda Farm Fresh Foods is an excellent example of how produce industry leaders are contributing to a healthy future for our nation’s children,” said United Fresh Produce Association’s President and CEO Tom Stenzel.