May 5, 2015
Each month, our staff reads hundreds of media reports on the subject of school nutrition. We curate our favorites in a monthly blog post we call, “In the News.” Highlighting positive stories about the great things going on in school cafeterias helps us in many ways: providing inspiration, connecting school nutrition professionals from across the…
May 1, 2015
Today is Friday, May 1, 2015 which means that School Lunch Hero Day is here! Honoring school lunch staff nationwide, School Lunch Hero Day precedes School Nutrition Employee Week (May 4-8) this year—but we’ve already been celebrating on Facebook and Twitter! And we’re not done yet. We’ll be online all day, sharing your photos and…
April 14, 2015
When making your case for breakfast-in-the-classroom, experts agree that a data-driven approach is the most effective. Whether you’re trying to convince a reluctant principal, or a room full of skeptical classroom teachers, it pays to do your homework—and show your work! School nutrition professionals just like you tell us the same thing, time and time…
April 12, 2015
Do you have a green thumb—or ever wondered if you did? Whether you’re a master gardener or you’ve never grown a thing in your life, April means it’s time to celebrate all the great things about getting our hands dirty and playing in the mud—it’s National Garden Month! The National Gardening Association is on a…
April 7, 2015
Each month, our staff reads hundreds of media reports on the subject of school nutrition. We curate our favorites in a monthly blog post we call, “In the News.” Highlighting positive stories about the great things going on in school cafeterias helps us in many ways: providing inspiration, connecting school nutrition professionals from across the…
April 3, 2015
The three words that define the School Nutrition Foundation’s mission appear on our logo: Education, Research, and Scholarship. Over the years we’ve talked about the importance of continuing education here at Beyond Breakfast, and one-on-one with school nutrition professionals from around the country at various conferences. Over and over again we hear School Nutrition Association…
March 25, 2015
As longtime readers of Beyond Breakfast know, we love National Nutrition Month! How could we not? It kicks off with National School Breakfast Week, and everyone knows a healthy breakfast is the best way to start anything – from your school day to the entire month of March! Between our big NSBW 2015 celebration earlier…
March 18, 2015
No matter how many blog posts we write, we can never seem to fit everything in when it comes to National School Breakfast Week! For this reason, we’re going to whip up today’s bonus blog for you, which includes two super-yummy school breakfast recipes from Windham Raymond School District RSU #14. Earlier in March we…
March 13, 2015
Once we finally had the chance to take a deep breath and look around, National School Breakfast Week 2015 was over! We hope you enjoyed our NSBW 2015 coverage here at Beyond Breakfast—check out our archive for any stories you may have missed! Speaking of stories missed, that’s what today’s blog post is all about—we’re…
March 9, 2015
Wrapping up an exciting week of National School Breakfast Week coverage, we bring you today’s question-and-answer session with Heather Wellings from Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa, Florida. Back in February we ran across HCPS’s Student Nutrition Service Facebook page and fell in love with their photos; we reached out, and Heather was kind enough…
