ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Stakeholders’ Interest in and Challenges to Implementing Farm-to-School Programs, Douglas County, Nebraska, 2010–2011

Barrier	RPS	EPS	BPS	DCW	MPS	WCS	OPS
	Survey Score
Difficult to work seasonal products into menus	2	1	5	3	2	2	4
Difficult to fit into budget	2	2	5	3	3	2	3
Too many other initiatives	4	1	4	3	1	2	4
Quality of product	2	3	4	—	2	2	2
Time to handle fresh product	4	1	3	4	1	2	4

Figure 1. Food service directors’ barriers to procuring local food, responses to preassessment survey, Douglas County, Nebraska, July through September 2010. Surveys used a 5-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree). Dashes indicate missing data. Abbreviations: RPS, Ralston Public Schools; EPS, Elkhorn Public Schools; BPS, Bennington Public School; DCW, Douglas County West; MPS, Millard Public Schools; WCS, Westside Community Schools; OPS, Omaha Public Schools.

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Barrier	RPS	EPS	BPS	DCW	MPS	WCS	OPS
	Survey Score
Difficult to work seasonal products into menus	2	2	3	—	1	1	3
Difficult to fit into budget	3	2	3	—	1	2	3
Too many other initiatives	4	—	3	—	—	—	2
Quality of product	3	—	3	—	—	—	3
Time to handle fresh product	4	2	5	—	1	—	3

Figure 2. Food service directors’ barriers to procuring local food, responses to postassessment survey, Douglas County, Nebraska, September through December 2011. Surveys used a 5-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree). Dashes indicate missing data. Abbreviations: RPS, Ralston Public Schools; EPS, Elkhorn Public Schools; BPS, Bennington Public School; DCW, Douglas County West; MPS, Millard Public Schools; WCS, Westside Community Schools; OPS, Omaha Public Schools.

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