The Mix Up Podcast – Episode 07 – Matthew Poling

Chef Patrick chats with Matthew Poling, Executive Chef for the Greeley-Evans Weld County School District 6. Join them as Matthew discusses how his team has navigated serving meals during the COVID-19 Pandemic. They also chat about Chef Matthews’s path to the child nutrition field.

2021-02-23T14:29:09-06:00February 2nd, 2021|

Biden Administration Expands P-EBT to Benefit Millions of Low-Income and Food Insecure Children During Pandemic

Release #:
0015.21
Contact:
FNS Press Team (703) 305-2281
Date:
01/22/2021
USDA Says SNAP Benefits Are Inadequate for Most Participants and Begins Process to Extend Emergency Allotments to States and Update Thrifty Food Plan [Read More]
2021-02-23T16:26:30-06:00January 22nd, 2021|

USDA Announces Three Deputy Under Secretaries in the Areas of Nutrition, Rural Development and Marketing and Regulatory Programs

Release #:
0013.21
Contact:
FNS Press Team (703) 305-2281
Date:
01/21/2021

WASHINGTON, January 21, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced three senior appointments today.

USDA announced that nutrition [Read More]

2021-02-23T16:20:44-06:00January 21st, 2021|

USDA Takes Action Against Buffalo (NY) Area SNAP Retailers for Rules Violations

Contact:
FNS Press Team (703) 305-2281
Date:
01/11/2021

BOSTON, MA, January 11, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) recently announced it has taken action [Read More]

2021-02-23T14:59:33-06:00January 11th, 2021|

USDA Announces Continuation of the Farmers to Families Food Box Program

Release #:
0002.21
Contact:
FNS Press Team (703) 305-2281
Date:
01/04/2021

Fifth Round of Food Purchases

WASHINGTON, DC, January 4, 2021 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced [Read More]

2021-02-23T16:23:28-06:00January 4th, 2021|

The Mix Up Podcast – Episode 06 – Michelle Poirier

Chef Patrick chats with Michelle Poirier, Supervisor of Central Kitchen Production for the Palm Springs Unified School District. Join them as Michelle discusses how her team has navigated the new school year. She also discusses how her team has been accommodating meal needs for children with disabilities.

2020-11-10T14:16:18-06:00November 10th, 2020|

Institute of Child Nutrition Adapts to Continue Training

OXFORD, Miss. – The Institute of Child Nutrition, part of the School of Applied Sciences at the University of Mississippi, has transitioned to offer extensive virtual services so it can continue supporting child nutrition professionals across the country.

Historically, one of ICN’s largest outreach [Read More]

2020-11-09T16:53:48-06:00November 9th, 2020|

The Mix Up Podcast – Episode 05 – Vince Caguin

In Episode 5 of The Mixup, Chef Patrick chats with Vince Caguin, Director of the Natomas Unified School District. Join them as Vince discusses the strategies he is using to lead his team into the new school year.

2020-09-29T10:37:51-05:00September 29th, 2020|

A Meeting of the Summer Food Service Program Exploratory Task Force

The Summer Food Service Program Exploratory Task Force met on February 19-20, 2020 at the Institute of Child Nutrition.

Purpose:
To provide recommendations to the ICN on the development of a series of educational resources (e.g., fact sheets, tip sheets, resource guides, webinars, videos, and/or posters) that further educate Summer Food Service Programs on best practices that [Read More]

2020-02-20T16:12:33-06:00February 20th, 2020|
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