Beyond Breakfast Summer Schedule: Meal Patterns, ANC 2012, Success Stories and More

Although the school year is winding down across the country, that doesn’t mean school foodservice professionals are resting on their heels—there is a lot of work to do. So many of you will spend the summer months learning more about, and planning for, the new meal patterns, as well as all manner of administrative tasks…

Breakfast in the Classroom in the News, February 2012

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…

Notes From Little Rock

Our trip to Little Rock, AR in May proved to be one of the most exciting aspects of the Beyond Breakfast project yet. In addition to seeing stakeholders gather in support of the program, we got to see the beneficiaries—the kids—eating breakfast. Most exciting was seeing the way in-classroom breakfast works from a logistical standpoint:…

Breakfast Grant Available through National Dairy Council and NFL partnership

The National Dairy Council and the National Football League have teamed up to create the Fuel Up to Play 60 program. This nationwide movement is designed to help fight childhood obesity by empowering kids to take control of their own health. If your school participates in the National School Breakfast Program, and is enrolled in…

Happy Anniversary “Let’s Move!” Campaign

The first lady’s “Let’s Move” program just celebrated its one year anniversary. Launched in February of 2010, the program was designed in response to rising childhood obesity rates in the United States. Mrs. Obama is currently on a press tour, speaking about the progress made in the first year of the program and what’s next…

In the News: February 10, 2011

School breakfast—and school nutrition in general—have stayed in the headlines over the last few weeks. The stories run the gamut from simple press releases to heated op-eds on the pros and cons of any number of issues surrounding food in schools: nutritional value, funding, USDA guidelines, education, etc. Here are a few that caught my…