Happy School Lunch Hero Day!

Today is Friday, May 1, 2015 which means that School Lunch Hero Day is here! Honoring school lunch staff nationwide, School Lunch Hero Day precedes School Nutrition Employee Week (May 4-8) this year—but we’ve already been celebrating on Facebook and Twitter! And we’re not done yet. We’ll be online all day, sharing your photos and…

Spring 2015 In the News: Breakfast-in-the-Classroom Champions Help Program Gain Popularity, Support

Each month, our staff reads hundreds of media reports on the subject of school nutrition. We curate our favorites in a monthly blog post we call, “In the News.” Highlighting positive stories about the great things going on in school cafeterias helps us in many ways: providing inspiration, connecting school nutrition professionals from across the…

Our Top Five Favorite Things About National Nutrition Month

As longtime readers of Beyond Breakfast know, we love National Nutrition Month! How could we not? It kicks off with National School Breakfast Week, and everyone knows a healthy breakfast is the best way to start anything – from your school day to the entire month of March! Between our big NSBW 2015 celebration earlier…

Best of National School Breakfast Week 2015: Our ‘Final Four’ Top Picks!

Once we finally had the chance to take a deep breath and look around, National School Breakfast Week 2015 was over! We hope you enjoyed our NSBW 2015 coverage here at Beyond Breakfast—check out our archive for any stories you may have missed! Speaking of stories missed, that’s what today’s blog post is all about—we’re…

November 2014 In the News: On #GivingTuesday, Giving Thanks, and Getting Inspired

Each month, our staff reads hundreds of media reports on the subject of school nutrition. We curate our favorites in a monthly blog post we call, “In the News.” Highlighting positive stories about the great things going on in school cafeterias helps us in many ways: providing inspiration, connecting school nutrition professionals from across the…

October 2014 In the News: Fuel Up to Play 60 Funds Deadline Approaching, School Breakfast, and Farm-to-School Month

Each month, our staff reads hundreds of media reports on the subject of school nutrition. We curate our favorites in a monthly blog post we call, “In the News.” Highlighting positive stories about the great things going on in school cafeterias helps us in many ways: providing inspiration, connecting school nutrition professionals from across the…

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…

September 2014 In the News: Back-to-School News, FUTP60 ‘For the Love of Play’ Campaign, and More!

Each month, our staff reads hundreds of media reports on the subject of school nutrition. We curate our favorites in a monthly blog post we call, “In the News.” Highlighting positive stories about the great things going on in school cafeterias helps us in many ways: providing inspiration, connecting school nutrition professionals from across the…

School Nutrition in the News: August 2014

In case you missed it, we are #BackToSchool around the country! We have truly enjoyed watching school nutrition professionals share their back-to-school rituals and celebrations on Facebook these last few weeks. Some of the photos are pretty amazing, so we have to guess that some of you are taking Dayle Hayes’ advice on how to…

In the News June 2014: National Dairy Month, Fuel Up to Play 60, and Community Eligibility Provision Expansion

Each month, our staff reads hundreds of media reports on the subject of school nutrition. We curate our favorites in a monthly blog post we call, “In the News.” Highlighting positive stories about the great things going on in school cafeterias helps us in many ways: providing inspiration, connecting school nutrition professionals from across the…