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…

SNF Scholarship Series Spotlight: Sherry Stratton, Warren County Schools, Bowling Green, KY

For more than 30 years, the School Nutrition Foundation has been raising funds to provide SNA members with the opportunity to achieve their higher education goals through a wide variety of scholarships. To date, SNF has awarded members over $2 million in scholarship funds. In our SNF Scholarship Series we will be aiming the spotlight…

SNF Scholarship Series Spotlight: Jeri Paull, McMinnville School District, Oregon

For more than 30 years, the School Nutrition Foundation has been raising funds to provide SNA members with the opportunity to achieve their higher education goals through a wide variety of scholarships. To date, SNF has awarded members over $2 million in scholarship funds. In our SNF Scholarship Series we will be aiming the spotlight…

SNF Scholarship Series Spotlight: Melinda Bonner, Child Nutrition Program Supervisor, Hoover Public Schools, Alabama

For more than 30 years, the School Nutrition Foundation has been raising funds to provide SNA members with the opportunity to achieve their higher education goals through a wide variety of scholarships. To date, SNF has awarded members over $2 million in scholarship funds. In our SNF Scholarship Series we will be aiming the spotlight…

SNF Scholarship Series Spotlight: Erin Thacker, Chesapeake Public Schools, Virginia

For more than 30 years, the School Nutrition Foundation has been raising funds to provide SNA members with the opportunity to achieve their higher education goals through a wide variety of scholarships. To date, SNF has awarded members over $2 million in scholarship funds. In our SNF Scholarship Series we will be aiming the spotlight…

SNF Scholarship Series Spotlight: Desiree Karst, Boise School District, Idaho

For more than 30 years, the School Nutrition Foundation has been raising funds to provide SNA members with the opportunity to achieve their higher education goals through a wide variety of scholarships. To date, SNF has awarded members over $2 million in scholarship funds. In our SNF Scholarship Series we will be aiming the spotlight…

Dayle Hayes of ‘School Meals That Rock’ on Photography, Social Media, and Katie Couric

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…

Happy School Nutrition Employee Week!

We are thrilled to join in the celebration for School Nutrition Employee Week! All week long, schools across the country will take this opportunity to thank the hardworking school nutrition professionals who work hard to make their kids, their schools, and their communities healthier. It’s about more than making and serving meals—school nutrition is a…

Recipe for Success Foundation Founder Gracie Cavnar: “Kids drive the behaviors of so many families!”

In December of last year, we reached out to the Recipe for Success Foundation in Houston, Texas to learn more about their Seed-to-Plate Nutrition Education™ program. RFS invited us to observe garden education and culinary/nutrition classes at the program’s flagship school, MacGregor Elementary. We also sat down with RFS founder, Gracie Cavnar, to learn more…

Recipe for Success Foundation Founder Gracie Cavnar: “It’s not a secret that we have to eat healthy.”

In December of last year, we reached out to the Recipe for Success Foundation in Houston, Texas to learn more about their Seed-to-Plate Nutrition Education™ program. RFS invited us to observe garden education and culinary/nutrition classes at the program’s flagship school, MacGregor Elementary. We also sat down with RFS founder, Gracie Cavnar, to learn more…