Expanding the Mobile Breakfast Culture: How a K-12 CEP District Launched Breakfast After the Bell for All Students

Hear from school nutrition operators with Redlands (Calif.) USD—and how they achieved their goal (for SY2021-22) to provide breakfast after the bell to ALL students.

Read More

Presenting Your Program Realities to Your Admin and Boards 3.0

It’s vital that school administrators and School Board members clearly understand the realities of operating your school foodservice program—learn tricks of the trade from past SNA presidents on how to present yourself, your team and your program in the best light.

Read More

Conversation with Schools Regarding Procurement Strategies and Best Practices

Representatives from USDA provide a brief update on Federal procurement requirements, followed by a roundtable discussion with school nutrition operators.

Read More

You’ve Got This! Starting and Strengthening a Successful Farm-to-School Program

Learn how to start conversations with local producers to integrate local foods into your school meal program, hear best practices for weaving hands-on agricultural lessons into the curriculum and discover ways to market your farm to school efforts.

Read More

USDA’s Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative: How it Could Benefit Your School District

Learn about USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative, including how schools can apply for grants and innovative approaches to strengthen the availability and access of nutritious food products in the K-12 school food marketplace.

Read More

Utilizing a Digital World to Advance and Promote Nutrition Education

Learn how to utilize digital platforms to advance and promote nutrition education within your district by connecting children to locally grown fruits and vegetables.

Read More

Reaching New Heights with On Trend USDA Foods Recipes and Concepts

Learn and share speed scratch techniques and great recipes using USDA Foods to leverage today’s trendy menu concepts.

Read More

Making CEP a Success

Get tips and best practices to improve direct certification, raise Identified Student Percentages, increase student participation and additional ways to make CEP work financially for your school foodservice operation.

Read More

Increasing Capacity for Scratch Cooking

Learn tried-and-true strategies for helping schools make meaningful changes to their school nutrition programs that have a BIG impact from chefs at Brigaid and Registered Dieticians at LunchAssist team.

Read More

School Meal Superpower: Transforming Policy into Amazing Meals

Review USDA’s Proposed Rule for Child Nutrition Programs Meal Pattern Revisions and get an overview of the policy making process and evidence showing the impact of healthy school meals.

Read More