Our first visit to see Recipe for Success Foundation in action was so much fun, we were thrilled to accept an invitation to back and visit a second time! We were fortunate to see several aspects of the program at work on our second visit, including a morning Garden Class with Miss Howard’s first graders,…
Last December we got in touch with the folks at Recipe for Success Foundation, in an effort to learn more about their work to reduce childhood obesity. Founded in 2005 by Gracie Cavnar and her husband Bob, RFS is quite literally putting children in touch with their food, through school gardens, nutrition education, and hands-on…
Here at Beyond Breakfast, we’ve been following the work of the Recipe for Success Foundation since 2010, when SNF blogger/consultant Christina saw R4S founder Gracie Cavnar speak at TEDxHouston. “Every powerful idea starts with a flicker of inspiration,” Cavnar told the TEDxHouston crowd that day, and she went on to outline how her foundation translates…
This year marks the School Nutrition Foundation’s 50th anniversary. Since its founding in 1964, SNF has raised millions of dollars to provide a wide variety of scholarships, grants, research, training opportunities and technical assistance to school nutrition professionals at every level. Learn more about SNF’s 50th Anniversary Celebration, as well as donation and scholarship opportunities,…
When the calendar turned over to 2014, the School Nutrition Foundation had more than just another new year to celebrate—we had a fifty year anniversary to celebrate! This year marks a huge milestone for SNF, and we hope you will join us as we commemorate this important landmark, which is why you are cordially invited…
Last July we brought you the inside scoop from the 2013 Fuel Up to Play 60 Ambassador Summit, held in Charlotte, North Carolina. Sixty-seven student ambassadors and fifty program advisors from across the country gathered together, where for five days they participated in fun, team-building exercises, leadership activities, and brainstorming sessions on how to keep…
We sat down recently with dietitian, school breakfast supporter, and longtime friend of SNF, Elizabeth Campbell, RD, to discuss her work on a series of recent articles that appeared in the September 2013 issue of the Journal of Hunger and …
We sat down recently with dietitian, school breakfast supporter, and longtime friend of SNF, Elizabeth Campbell, RD, to discuss her work on a series of recent articles that appeared in the September 2013 issue of the Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition. The four papers discuss the findings and implications of research done by Campbell…
This post was written by School Nutrition Foundation Director Julie Abrera. Julie recently visited Knox County Public Schools to get an update on how their breakfast-in-the-classroom program is going as we enter the 2013-14 school year. My first stop to see how universal BIC is doing in Knoxville had me on the road before 7…
We absolutely love this year’s National School Lunch Week theme, “School Lunch Across America”! When we were in Kansas City last July for ANC 2013, we had so much fun hearing stories about students’ favorite dishes, which vary widely from state to state. Whether it’s biscuits in the South or spicy mac n’ cheese in…
