When it comes to promoting school meals via social media, there are few folks doing it better than Dayle Hayes, the woman behind School Meals That Rock. Dayle has been presenting delicious school meals, one photo at a time, and pushing back against the notion that schools are serving primarily—as Katie Couric recently put it—“junk…
March was National Nutrition Month, and as part of that celebration the National Dairy Council hosted a #WellnessImpact Twitter chat on March 28. You can read a full transcript of the chat here; the discussion centered on the recently-released Wellness Impact Report from National Dairy Council, which includes sections on: Prerequisites to Learning: Healthy Students…
If you follow Beyond Breakfast and the School Nutrition Foundation on Facebook and Twitter, you may have seen us post a link earlier this month to the National Dairy Council’s Wellness Impact Report. “The Wellness Impact: Enhancing Academic Success through Healthy School Environments” is a comprehensive, 39-page report that discusses the “learning connection” that exists…
A key aspect of Fuel Up to Play 60 is their Student Ambassador Program (SAP). When students take charge and lead, their peers will follow! Student Ambassadors learn and reinforce leadership skills and engage their classmates, inspiring them to adopt a healthier lifestyle. The deadline to apply to become a State Representative and National Student…
Here at School Nutrition Foundation, we love connecting with schools, teachers, students, and school nutrition professionals using social media. Among the tools we use: Beyond Breakfast blog: You are here! This is where we tell stories from our Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom schools, and about school breakfast and lunch across the U.S. This…
Hello, everyone! This week the School Nutrition Foundation staff is coming to you live from the Mile High City–Denver, Colorado! We are thrilled to be here, and Colorado has given us an incredibly warm welcome; literally, and figuratively–it’s in the 90s here this week. The sunshine isn’t nearly as warm as the people we have…
As we know the USDA recently announced the highly-anticipated changes to the school meal patterns, and many of you participated in our webinar on the topic, “The New School Meal Patterns: What You Need to Know.” We discussed the final regulations, and how the new standards differ from current requirements, with moderator Cindy Brooks, Chair…
The School Nutrition Association’s annual conference is only a week away and your resident Beyond Breakfast blogger will be in attendance! I’m heading to Nashville for the July 9-13 conference, and I am thrilled to again have the opportunity to learn from experts in the field of child and school nutrition. My LAC 2011 experience was so…
At last week’s Legislative Action Conference we promised to post some resource videos about breakfast in the classroom. We hope you find these useful! Please feel free to leave us links to your favorite online sources in the comments section. San Diego Breakfast in the Classroom Click through to view a video from the San…
Social media is an important component of the fight against hunger and obesity, and the fight for the best school nutrition for America’s kids. Using Facebook and Twitter are important tools for disseminating the information we publish on this blog but they are equally important as research tools. Every day hundreds, thousands, millions of people…
