UNSPSC 50416212: Organic kentucky field squash

The variety of organic summer squashes and organic summer pumpkins known as organic kentucky field squash

UNSPSC 50416212 Organic Kentucky field squash is a Commodity code that maps poorly to the recent state and local procurement activity indexed under it. The code nominally describes a single produce item—organic field squash grown in Kentucky—but the recent solicitations tagged to this code are purchasing broad-spectrum fresh produce and food service supplies across multiple states and school districts, with no emphasis on organic sourcing, Kentucky origin, or squash specifically.

State and local school nutrition programs dominate the issuing bodies, including the Early County Board of Education (Georgia), Northside Independent School District (Texas), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), Bulloch County School District (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), McAllen Independent School District (Texas), Austin Independent School District (Texas), and Douglas County School System (Georgia). A handful of state-level procurements also appear, including the State of Georgia's general food and produce purchases. School districts account for roughly 90 percent of the activity. Georgia appears in the majority of recent solicitations, with smaller clusters in Texas, Missouri, and Florida. The scope under this code covers comprehensive fresh-produce procurement—apples, bananas, peppers, broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, leafy greens, citrus, eggs, and prepared produce items in large institutional quantities—rather than organic or regionally specific produce. Representative recent opportunities include the Early County Board of Education's RFP for food and produce supporting the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program (due June 8, 2026), Northside Independent School District's RFP for fresh produce for child nutrition (due May 7, 2026), the Bulloch County School District's IFP for locally grown produce within 200 miles (due May 4, 2026), and the Douglas County School System's RFP through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 school districts across Georgia (due March 4, 2026, with estimated annual spending of approximately $4.4 million for Area One). The mismatch between the code's nominal product (organic Kentucky squash) and the actual procurement (conventional multi-state produce for school feeding programs) suggests the indexing is erroneous or the code is being used as a catch-all for fresh-produce procurement without commodity-level specificity.