During the course of our week at ANC in Denver, the School Nutrition Foundation held a series of three listening sessions sponsored by the National Dairy Council. The purpose of the sessions was to engage directors and managers in a discussion about the regulation changes surrounding school breakfast that are scheduled for next year. By…
As always, the Annual National Conference was exciting, educational, and entertaining. The long days were filled with opportunities to learn, share, network, and of course, have fun. There was a palpable energy in the air each day we spent in Denver, as school foodservice professionals gathered at the year’s biggest conference. At the School Nutrition…
Will you be joining us for this year’s Annual National Conference in Denver? The theme for 2012 is “Explore New Horizons,” and the conference schedule is chock-full of expert speakers, important panel discussions, continuing education sessions, informative listening sessions, and—as always—an exciting Exhibit Hall where you will find the latest in cutting-edge food, supply, equipment,…
Here at Beyond Breakfast we love a good school food story, and we love a good, creative school food story even more! We recently sat down with Kern Halls, Area Manager of Orange County Public School Food & Nutrition Services, to discuss ways the OCPS district has engaged students in their food choices through creative…
We are pleased to announce that the winners of the National School Breakfast Week (NSBW) 2012 “School Breakfast—Go for Gold!” campaign have been chosen. This year, as part of the National School Breakfast Week campaign, SNA offered students the opportunity to design their own breakfast t-shirt; the students were challenged to highlight the benefits of…
The hottest topic among school foodservice professionals right now is the new school meal patterns that are coming down the pipeline. Registration filled up quickly for the School Nutrition Foundation’s upcoming May 16 webinar on the topic (“Certification and Compliance of the New Meal Pattern: What you need to know to receive your six cents”)…
The assessment process is an important part of the breakfast-in-the-classroom journey. Every school is unique, with a different set of needs based on factors like enrollment, school size and layout, equipment needs, and of course, stakeholder engagement. We sat down with Nadine Doetterl, SNS of NMD School Food Service, who has extensive experience implementing breakfast-in-the-classroom,…
Here at Beyond Breakfast, we love it when schools “put on their thinking caps” to come up with creative solutions for feeding students. When we read great stories about the creative ways schools across the country are implementing school breakfast and lunch programs, we just have to share them with you! Special Breakfast Offers Etiquette…
It’s only fitting that National School Breakfast Week should kick off during National Nutrition Month! Here at Beyond Breakfast, we know how vital a good breakfast is for students in the classroom—a healthy, nutritious breakfast starts every day out the right way. We will be celebrating National School Breakfast Week all week long—is your school…
One of the most useful, simple tools to use is Google Alerts—we really can’t recommend it enough. We got into the habit of using Google Alerts to track relevant news and information surrounding school nutrition (and specifically, school breakfast) after reading Free for All: Fixing School Food in America by Jan Poppendieck. Jan wrote about…
