When it comes to promoting school meals via social media, there are few folks doing it better than Dayle Hayes, the woman behind School Meals That Rock. Dayle has been presenting delicious school meals, one photo at a time, and pushing back against the notion that schools are serving primarily—as Katie Couric recently put it—“junk…
To date, the School Nutrition Foundation has awarded SNA members over $2 million in scholarships, which have helped provide opportunities for SN professionals to pursue higher education, career training, and attend professional conferences across the United States. SNF also offers opportunities for school districts to apply to win equipment grants, and the application period is…
If you spend any time at all on the Fuel Up to Play 60 website, you’ve probably already come across their amazing Nutrition Education Resources page. When it comes to helping students fuel up and getting them to play hard, Fuel Up to Play 60 is always a smart place to go when you are…
We have had an exciting month here at Beyond Breakfast! First we took a jaunt up to Fairbanks, Alaska, where the UAF Cooperative Extension was kind enough to lend us office space so we could get work done during our travels. The sight of snow falling in April didn’t make the Alaskans very happy, but…
Last week was an incredible week at the National Farm to Cafeteria Conference in Austin, TX; we are so grateful for the opportunity to attend. This year’s theme was “Powering Up!”, and each session was infused with a palpable energy and excitement; when 1100 farm-to-cafeteria enthusiasts get excited, you can feel it! On Wednesday we…
In December of last year, we reached out to the Recipe for Success Foundation in Houston, Texas to learn more about their Seed-to-Plate Nutrition Education™ program. RFS invited us to observe garden education and culinary/nutrition classes at the program’s flagship school, MacGregor Elementary. We also sat down with RFS founder, Gracie Cavnar, to learn more…
In December of last year, we reached out to the Recipe for Success Foundation in Houston, Texas to learn more about their Seed-to-Plate Nutrition Education™ program. RFS invited us to observe garden education and culinary/nutrition classes at the program’s flagship school, MacGregor Elementary. We also sat down with RFS founder, Gracie Cavnar, to learn more…
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,…
