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An ideal solution for collecting food waste for composting! m.salvajor.com for Product Video #1 BRAND in FOOD WASTE SOLUTIONS Specifications Since 1944 • salvajor.com Full Product Line TABLE OF CONTENTS Fall 2013 ARTICLES Thank You Conference Sponsors . 5 Did You Know......Botulism? . .40 The Leadership Ladder . 7 By Linda Mills, MBA, RD, FADA By John Forquer ACFSA Loses a Good Friend . 41 Bringing Back the Farm . 8 By Teddie Mitchell, CCFP By Angela Lund VA Chapter Celebrates 25th Anniversary . 48 Producing Prison Produce . 10 By Linda Shear By Laurie Maurino, RD The Importance of the HACCP Program . 50 Dietitian’s Corner - DIC Networking Luncheon . 11 By Josie Maya, CFSM, CCFP By Barbara Wakeen, MA, RD, LD, CCFP, CCHP CFSM Luncheon . 13 By Robin Sherman COLUMNS 2013 Annual International Conference - Reno . 14-21 President’s Message . 2 Have A Great First Touch . 15 By Phil Atkinson, ACFSA President By Robert Pennix Executive Director’s Message . 3 2013 Operator of the Year- Ray Bullock . 16 By Jon Nichols, ACFSA Executive Director To My ACFSA Family . .. 17 Past-President’s Message . 6 By Ray Bullock By Benson Li, ACFSA Past-President 2013 Employee of the Year & President’s Award . 18 Education Report . 22 Lt. Tyrone Sutherland . 19 By Lt. Tim Thielman, CFSM, Education Committee Chair By Mary Goodwin, RD Certified Correctional Foodservice Professional . 24 2013 Founder’s Award - Benson Li . 20 By Teddie Mitchell, CCFP Scholarship Appreciation . 25 Chapter Reports . 42-43 By Ricky Clark, CFSM, CCFP, CDM, CFPP Regional Reports . 44-47 Scholarship Appreciation . 26 New ACFSA Members . 52-53 By Dawn DeMelo, CCFP, CFSM ACFSA Board of Directors, Committee Chairs & Liaisons . 54 Annual Basket Challenge and Silent Auction . 26 Chapter Presidents & State and Provincial Contacts . 55 Letter from Chaplain Gary Friedman . .. 27 ACFSA Regions . .55 Meet Me In St. Louis! - 2014 Annual Conference . 28 Mike’s Memo . 29 By Mike McKinley The Power of Food . 30 By Robin Sherman, CCFP, CFSM Coping With Change . 34 By Robert Gauthier, CCFP Corrections Foodservice Continues to Rehabilitate Menus & More .35 By Lisa White Case Study: Ramsey County Correctional Facilities, St. Paul, MN . 37 By Lisa White Page 4 Page 30 Page 48 Copyright © 2013 ACFSA. All Rights Reserved. INSIDER is published quarterly (Spring/April; Summer/July; Fall/October; Winter/January) by the Association of Correctional Food Service Affiliates, 210 N. Glenoaks Blvd., Suite C, Burbank, CA 91502; Phone: (818) 843-6608, Fax: (818) 843-7423 ▲ website: www.acfsa.org. ACFSA INSIDER Fall 2013 1 President’s Message By Phil Atkinson, ACFSA President As I begin my term as President of this great ing out to correctional foodservice areas and people organization I feel I must first thank some folks. that, heretofore, we have not approached. In addi- First, I would like to thank Major Jim Beach for tion to the focus on increasing membership, each laying the ground work for what I hope to be a board member has been given other areas that need very productive and successful time for ACFSA. attention. Each member has graciously accepted Without Jim and all those who came before him, this additional duty. Some of these areas are up- we would not be poised for the growth and success dating the course books for CFSM Certification, that lies ahead. Jim, we wish you the best in your updating and publishing the ACFSA Equipment retirement. Spec. document, preparing a religious diet guide and completing work on the State Regulations map I also need to thank Benson Li, this year’s Found- in the Members Section of the ACFSA web site. ers Award winner. Benson has been a rock for this Executive Director’s Message organization. I am glad that he has agreed to con- A favorite quote of mine is from Thomas Paine: tinue on as Past President. I know with Benson’s “Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet tutelage I will be able to fulfill the responsibilities we have this consolation with us, that the harder of the office of President. the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; it is To Jon and Janine, thank you; without your ex- dearness only that gives everything its value.” My pertise I might not have an INSIDER to write this paraphrase of this is “Where there is no cost, there for. I know I can count on you to keep me on the is no value.” Cost does not always have to be in straight and narrow this year. treasure but, more often than not, is in time and tal- ents. None of us have too much time but we all Last but for sure not least, a big thank you to all of have a little and we all have great talents. My hope you – Food Service Professionals and Professional for the coming year is that when we are asked, we Partners. I am honored and humbled that I have will all be willing to add our “value” to ACFSA. the privilege to serve as your President for the next year. As always if there is anything I or the Board can do, please let us know. The 2013 – 2014 Board met at the Reno Confer- ence on Wednesday, August 14. Our major focus for the coming year is increasing our membership. Phil Atkinson We will be thinking “outside the box” and reach- ACFSA President 2 Fall 2013 ACFSA INSIDER Executive Director’s Message By Jon Nichols, ACFSA Executive Director By now, some of the excitement of the 2013 Con- Conference. From our Opening Welcome Reception ference this past August is wearing off, but what a to the Vendor’s Reception to the Vendor Tradeshow, great show it was! A huge shout out and thank you to friends had a chance to catch up and our professional Laurie Maurino and her entire Conference Commit- Partners had a chance to engage with customers both tee team for shaping an outstanding educational pro- old and new. It was the perfect mix of education, gram that was diverse and topical. And then, there business and fun. I sure hope that you were able to were the networking opportunities that have become be with us. a trademark of the ACFSA Annual International Continued on Page 4 ACFSA INSIDER Fall 2013 3 Best Booth Winner - Highland Wholesale Executive Director’s Report (Continued) Speaking of our Professional Partners, I want to thank all of you that made the commitment to join us in Reno! As always, we couldn’t do it without you and we so appreciate the support that you gave us in Reno and that you give our Correctional Food Ser- vice Professionals throughout the year. I can’t say it enough, that we couldn’t do it without you. Thank you! Our Vendor Showcase theme was “The 50’s,” which meant sock hops, soda shops, poodle skirts and slicked back hair. Boy, did Best Booth 2nd Place our vendors come through! Almost everone had some kind of - Global Foods, Inc. decoration to represent the theme and, as we do every year, we had a friendly competition for Best Booth. This year’s winner was, if you ask me, a pretty easy decision. That’s not to discount all of the outstanding effort put forth by others, but Highland Wholesale transformed their booths into a virtual 50’s Diner complete with icy cold bottles of Coca-Cola! With Melissa Hobbie in her poodle skirt and the boys dressed as soda jerks, we were taken back to the 50’s in grand fashion! Great work Highland Wholesale! Best Booth 3rd Place (Tie) Global Foods, Inc., who always go all out with the Best Booth - Intersect USA Challenge, came to Reno with another outstanding effort and gar- nered 2nd Place. 3rd Place ended in a tie on the judges ballots and it’s easy to see how that could happen. Intersect USA brought us into a 1950’s living room with an “old-timey” television that displayed their present day products! Fun idea! And then Jiffy Foodservice had another “Diner” that the judges coudn’t resist. Great work by eveyone that participated! You’re all winners in my book and I can’t wait to see what you do with next year’s Best Booth 3rd Place (Tie) World’s Fair theme in St. Louis! - Jiffy Foodservice 4 Fall 2013 ACFSA INSIDER Conference Sponsors PREMIER SPONSOR PlatiNum SPONSORS GOLD SPONSOR Cambro Manufacturing Co. Elements Food Group, Inc. Computrition Monday Morning Breakfast Sponsor Chaplain Gary Friedman Sponsor SCHOLARSHIP SILVER SPONSORS BRONZE SPONSORS DONERS Advanced Technologies Benjamin Foods, SILVER DONORS Group (ATG) Global Foods, Inc.