Celebrate National School Lunch Week October 15-19, 2018

We’re so excited to celebrate National School Lunch Week! This year’s #NSLW18 theme is “Lots 2 Love” and we’ll be spending the week of October 15-19, talking all things #SchoolLunch. There is #Lots2Love about school lunch and we want to know: How is your school celebrating NSLW 2018? We have a few suggestions, plus resources…

June is National Fresh Fruit and Veggie Month

June plays host to all sorts of delicious, nutritious observances. In addition to celebrating National Dairy Month with our friends at the National Dairy Council, we’re also observing National Fresh Fruit and Veggie Month. You all know we love fresh fruits and veggies here at Beyond Breakfast. Whenever we have a chance we check in…

New Year’s Resolutions: Healthy Programs for Your School in 2015

It’s hard to believe that 2014 is almost over, but here we are! With just a few days of school left before winter break we wanted to take a moment to say a huge thank you to our readers for your support. We had a wonderful 2014, with really exciting moments for breakfast-in-the-classroom as well…

October 2014 In the News: Fuel Up to Play 60 Funds Deadline Approaching, School Breakfast, and Farm-to-School Month

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…

Alaska’s Farm-to-School Program Finding ‘Room for Extension’ Thanks to UAF

It’s been a few years since we checked in with our friend Kate Idzorek at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension. Back in 2011, we learned about how Idzorek was developing recipes for school cafeterias using Alaska grown-and-milled barley flour. In addition to sharing her recipe for barley hamburger buns, Kate told us that…

Farm to Cafeteria Conference 2014: Overcoming Barriers to Serving Farm Fresh Food in Schools, with The Pew Charitable Trusts

We have had an exciting month here at Beyond Breakfast! First we took a jaunt up to Fairbanks, Alaska, where the UAF Cooperative Extension was kind enough to lend us office space so we could get work done during our travels. The sight of snow falling in April didn’t make the Alaskans very happy, but…

Farm to Cafeteria Conference Session: Synergizing Efforts to Build National Farm and Food Education Curricula

Last week was an incredible week at the National Farm to Cafeteria Conference in Austin, TX; we are so grateful for the opportunity to attend. This year’s theme was “Powering Up!”, and each session was infused with a palpable energy and excitement; when 1100 farm-to-cafeteria enthusiasts get excited, you can feel it! On Wednesday we…