It may feel like the school year has just started, but National School Lunch Week is already just around the corner! This year’s theme—“School Lunch—What’s Cooking?”—is celebrating the positive changes made in cafeterias around the country. School lunch programs (and breakfast programs!) have demonstrated dedication and creativity in school kitchens, meeting the new meal pattern…
This week GENYOUth held their Nutrition + Physical Activity Learning Connection Summit, which brought together players from across the nutrition and physical activity spectrum, to explore the connection that physical activity and nutrition have with learning and behavior. In addition to GENYOUth, the summit partners included National Dairy Council, the National Football League, the American…
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,…
The School Nutrition Foundation has added two more webinars to the Spring 2012 schedule. Online registration is open—please join us! School Food Service Technology 101: Tangible Applications for Implementing HHFKA When: Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 2 p.m. EDT Presenters/Speakers: Frank DiPasquale, CEO, School Nutrition Association; Mary Jo Tuckwell, MPH, RD, Senior Consultant, inTEAM Associates, Former…
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…
For over 20 years the School Nutrition Foundation has been dedicated to the financial aid, education, professional development, and research in school food service. These resources equip School Nutrition Association Members to efficiently serve nutritious meals to millions of school children each year. Through fundraising efforts, SNF provides SNA members the opportunity to pursue higher…
Next week we celebrate National School Lunch Week, and the theme for 2011 is “School Lunch–Let’s Grow Healthy.” The themes for NSLW and its companion celebration, National School Breakfast Week (NSBW), were announced at the 2011 Annual National Conference in Nashville. (Mark your calendars for NSBW, which is coming up in Spring 2012: “School Breakfast…
Our 2011-12 Webinar Wednesday series is wildly popular, and we hope you will join us for our next two scheduled events! We will continue to share the best learning and continuing education tools the School Nutrition Foundation has to offer here at Beyond Breakfast. School nutrition professionals—don’t forget you earn CEUs for participation in our…
The Healthy Schools Campaign advocates for policies and practices that allow teachers, students and staff to learn and work in a healthy environment. The Chicago-based organization recently reached out to the School Nutrition Association’s Danny Seymour, dean of education, to talk about breakfast in the classroom. In his interview Danny discusses the importance of breakfast…
We are thrilled to announce that the School Nutrition Foundation’s popular Webinar Wednesday series is returning this month! The first two webinars of the 2011-12 season will focus on the new proposed meal patterns, and school nutrition professionals will not want to miss these very important discussions; the future of your program begins now! School…
