School Nutrition Magazine
School Nutrition is the go-to resource for solutions and strategies for K-12 foodservice professionals. Read the latest issue and peruse online-only content designed to inspire, inform and instruct.
From Leader to Coach: Sometimes the Best Answer is a Question
Leadership coach Jen Lewi shares how quality coaching and guiding someone to find their own solution (rather than jumping to provide the answer for them) can build confidence, encourage ownership and help develop stronger leaders. Plus, learn how to assess when it’s the right moment to coach, what questions to ask and how to create a coaching culture in your workplace.
The Empty Cafeteria Effect: How Low Meal Participation Signals Broader Campus Vulnerabilities
If your cafeteria is empty, don’t just ask what is on the menu. Ask what the empty seats are telling you about your school. Be visible, listen to students, involve them in menu decisions, communicate on the platforms they already use, recruit teachers and principals as advocates and create spaces students actually want to use.
Roots of Success: How Schools, Farms and State Agencies Cultivate Farm-to-School
Learn about the many factors that go into a successful farm-to-school program—geography, growing seasons, procurement requirements, storage capacity, distribution networks, processing needs, student preferences and more—and get tips, inspiration and success stories from a dairy farmer, an Arizona school district and North Carolina’s farm-to-school program.
SNA News
Take a look at what’s happening right now in school nutrition with the top news from SNA.
School Nutrition Magazine: November/December 2026
We always talk about how something “hits the spot.” Usually we’re referring to a good meal—maybe a meal of comfort…
SN Plus: Plant-Powered School Meals
Plant-forward meals can do more than just add variety to your school menu. They can help school nutrition programs meet…
LAC Scholarships Are Open: Take Your Voice to Washington!
Ready to turn your passion for school nutrition into action? Apply for a School Nutrition Foundation (SNF) LAC scholarship and…
The Journal of Child Nutrition & Management
Stay up to date with the most current research on issues affecting child nutrition and school foodservice management with the Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, SNA’s online, peer-reviewed research journal.
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