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Using the Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Program to Boost Nutrition in Your District
Discover why the Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Program (FFVP) is a valuable program that increases students’ awareness of fresh produce and can be an exciting low-pressure way to expose students to new foods.
Culinary Development Training to Motivate Food Service Professionals
Learn how to develop a strategic plan for your district to engage in a more technical speed scratch or scratch service model—and how the elevation of your employees’ skill level will increase critical thinking, basic culinary skills and time management.
Reduce Sodium and Minimize Labor with Speed-Scratch Food Production
This education session provide information on the benefits of speed-scratch cooking and how its food production can reduce sodium in recipes and in school menus.
Turn Your Planning Spreadsheet into a Digital Menu with Existing Tools
With a couple of scripts, you can turn your menu planning spreadsheet into a live digital menu on websites and in cafeterias! Join this session to learn how.
The Art of Inclusion: Making Menus More Inclusive for Special Diet Populations
In this session, you’ll be introduced to the strategies that IDEA Public Schools (TX), uses when designing menus to be more inclusive to their Special Diet population.
Hairnets to #Hashtags: Quick Tips to Promote Your Program on Social Media
Get quick and easy take home tips and ideas for maintaining a social media presence and learn ways for the social media beginner to create quick content and gain followers.
Utilize Google to Create Free and Easy Organizational Tools for Your Schools
Learn how to create free organizational tools through Google, including websites to organize departments, menu ordering and inventory tools and department resources.
Connect to the Classroom with MyPlate
Discover how you can use MyPlate for a fun, interactive session with students (or as a staff health touch point!). Practice using your own “typical day” of food intake, plot things in MyPlate, set a goal or two and have a little fun, too.
Boosting Morale Through Mission-Driven Experiences
Discover tips for building hands-on learning experiences to better connect cafeteria staff to the mission while enhancing employee health and morale, including examples of field trips and collaborative exercises that allow staff to come together.
All the Cool Kids Eat School Lunch: Using Current Trends to Elevate Your Menus
Discover best practices for gathering and utilizing trendy ideas to create exciting menus that increase participation and elevate the school food experience.