SNF at ANC: Education, Research, and Scholarship at the Annual National Conference

We’re just over a month away from the biggest school nutrition conference of the year, and the School Nutrition Foundation staff is excited to see YOU in Salt Lake City! We’re going to be bringing you a lot of great stories and photos from Utah, so make sure you’ve connected with SNF on Facebook and…

SNA’s Annual National Conference: Salt Lake City, Utah, July 12-15, 2015

The School Nutrition Association’s Annual National Conference is just around the corner, and we can’t wait to see all of you in Salt Lake City, Utah in July. This year’s theme is “Explore. Discover. Inspire” — and we’ve never been more ready for all three. If you’ve never been to Salt Lake City, we promise…

July 2014 In the News: ANC 2014, Fuel Up to Play 60 Ambassador’s Summit, and More!

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…

ANC 2014: A Round-up of Coverage from Boston, MA

This year’s Annual National Conference in Boston was a smashing success, and as always an incredible opportunity to connect with our colleagues from across the country. With a line-up of inspirational speakers, the General Sessions were a huge hit among attendees; education sessions were loaded with insightful information on topics divided into four session tracks:…

ANC 2013 Video Booth: School Breakfast Stories, Continued!

The School Nutrition Foundation Red Carpet Video Booth was a huge success at ANC 2013, and we are bringing you more video from our time in Kansas City. One of the great benefits of the Annual National Conference is the opportunity to meet fellow school nutrition professionals and exchange ideas; this is the reason why…

ANC 2013 Video Booth: School Breakfast Reports from Indiana

Our video blog series from ANC 2013, Kansas City, continues with this set of three videos, featuring stories from the great state of Indiana. Angie, Gina, and Laurie share the school breakfast news from their cafeterias and classrooms, including the students’ favorite breakfast meals, delivery methods, and tips on how to succeed with school breakfast.…

ANC 2013 Video Booth: School Breakfast Tips, Menuing, and What the Kids Like

We are really excited to begin sharing our video footage from ANC 2013 in Kansas City. Throughout the course of the conference, we invited school nutrition professionals from around the country to step in front of the SNF camera and tell us their school breakfast stories. We heard about participation, delivery methods, menu items, and…

ANC 2013 Video Blog: Stacey & Sylvia Prove School Nutrition is a Family Affair

We have a lot of video to show you from our time in Kansas City, and we are looking forward to posting them over the next several weeks. The videos were taken in the SNF Video Booth at ANC 2013, and we heard from you on topics such as school breakfast, equipment needs, scholarship opportunities,…

DPS Spicy Chicken Mac & Cheese. This picture does not do it justice--so delicious!

ANC 2013, Kansas City: Exhibit Hall Cooking Demo with Chef Adam Fisher, Denver Public Schools

One of the biggest trends in the world of school nutrition right now is scratch cooking. Back in February, the School Nutrition Foundation produced a webinar on just this topic for our Webinar Wednesday series, entitled “From On-site Baking and Working with National Brands, Strategies to Introduce Scalable Whole Grain Scratch Techniques.” Presented in partnership…

ANC 2013, Kansas City: SNF First Timers’ Reception, More BIC, and Our Panel with Share Our Strength/No Kid Hungry

Our last two days at ANC 2013 in Kansas City were a whirlwind of education and general sessions, visits to the (always amazing) Exhibit Hall, our annual First Timers’ Reception at the School Nutrition Foundation booth, cooking demonstrations (and food tastings—yum!), and talking school breakfast with everyone we met. We are excited to bring you…