In Patty Candelaria’s first grade classroom at Langford Elementary in Austin, Texas, breakfast-in-the-classroom is a chance to for students and teachers to create a family connection. “Not only do we feed their minds, we have to feed their tummies, too,” said Candelaria. “There is no better way to build community in the classroom—about table manners,…
Happy New Year’s Eve, everyone! It’s been quite a year for us here at Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom; thank you for being a part of our mission to increase access to and participation in school breakfast! We look forward to continuing our mission in 2016–check back with us in January for updates on…
Turning our attention from school nutrition to another important link in the food safety net, today we’re taking a look at the charitable food network; specifically, food banks and food pantries, and how improving the nutritional quality of the foods that they distribute can have a positive impact on public health. We recently sat down…
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,…
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,…
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,…
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…
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.…
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…
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,…
