If getting involved in the Fuel Up to Play 60 program is on your “to-do” list for the new year, we hope you will find today’s post useful. Fuel Up to Play 60 continues to grow in popularity, and each year more schools, more students, and more communities join the movement to support healthier students.…
We know everyone is excited for the upcoming holiday vacation, but don’t forget there are some Fuel Up to Play 60 deadlines coming up during the vacation period! Participating Fuel Up to Play 60 schools should keep these deadlines in mind so they don’t pass while school is not in session. Cooking Show Challenge The…
A reminder to our readers who are school foodservice professionals: You still have time to sign up for our last webinar of the calendar year entitled “Chefs in Schools: Increasing Participation and Gaining Renewed Excitement Around Your School Meal Program.” The chefs in schools movement has been sweeping across America, but we know many of…
School nutrition as prominently in the national spotlight as it has ever been. There are more groups participating in the conversation than ever before: school food professionals, administrators, teachers, custodians, and parents, are being joined by politicians, the media, and many health organizations. These factions must work together to ensure the health of our students…
The proposed meal patterns made prominent headlines in November, as Congress considered the now-famous “pizza-as-a-vegetable” question. There was hardly a media outlet that didn’t turn the spotlight, at least briefly, to the questions surrounding the proposed meal patterns and the role Congress should play in the regulatory processes of developing nutrition standards for school meals.…
The School Nutrition Foundation is excited to announce the latest addition to our Webinar Wednesday schedule, to be held on December 14, 2011. Please register now and join us on December 14 for Chefs in Schools: Increasing Participation and Gaining Renewed Excitement Around Your School Meal Program. Our learning objectives for this next installment of…
The warm glow of the holiday season is upon us, and many of us are already looking forward to gathering around the dinner table with family and friends. The act of sharing a meal is an important, meaningful ritual shared across cultures; it is a universal human experience, something we have in common with people…
The new Fuel Up to Play 60 Challenge is live, and it’s time for you to enter! The latest installment is The Cooking Show Challenge, where you get to be the host of your own cooking show! Demonstrate a Healthy Eating Play from the Playbook to show how you and your friends are eating healthy…
Our Webinar Wednesday series continued on November 2nd with a terrific presentation on breakfast in the classroom. The focus of last week’s webinar was the future of school breakfast, and included strategies for growth and expansion. Moderated by Ali Dorazio (MS, RD), nutrition scientist at the General Mills Bell Institute of Health & Nutrition, we…
Each year since 2007, Winston Industries has demonstrated its commitment to food service by awarding one school the Winston Industries Equipment Award Grant. The recipient is always a school district in need of improvement of its school meal kitchen facilities. The 2010 winner was Gaston County Schools of North Carolina, and the 2011 award winner…
