Search for all Child Nutrition Program – Operator Submitted Resources
TNTG Year:2017
Healthy Kansas Menus Revised - SNP
Agency/Organization: Kansas State Department of Education-Child Nutrition and Wellness
Healthy Kansas Menus revised in 2019, include additional foods from dark green, red/orange, dry beans/peas subgroups ensuring greater variety of fresh fruits and vegetables offered. Updated menus are also lower in sodium meeting sodium Target 2.
FRESHFARM FoodPrints Curriculum
Agency/Organization: FRESHFARM
Interdisciplinary, standards-based food and garden education curriculum for PreK - 5th grade; sequenced according to seasonal topics and adaptable for a range of uses from embedded programming, to supplementing classroom or virtual learning.
TNTG Year:2018
Ounce Equivalents for Grains
Agency/Organization: Oregon Department of Education
Target Audience: CACFP Organizations. Purpose: Review of crediting grains using the ounce equivalent serving sizes. Learning Objectives: Understanding Ounce Equivalents, know the available resources.
TNTG Year:2018
Meal Pattern Crediting
Agency/Organization: Oregon Department of Education
Target Audience: CACFP Operators. Purpose: Review of changes to the CACFP Meal Pattern with a focus on changes to jerky, popcorn, surimi, tempeh, vegetable pasta, coconut, hominy, corn masa, and corn flour.
TNTG Year:2018
Creditable and Whole Grain Rich Grains
Agency/Organization: Oregon Department of Education
Target Audience: CACFP organizations. Purpose: Review of requirements for the grains component, including creditable and whole grain-rich (WGR) grains. Learning Objectives: Review of grains component and resources.
TNTG Year:2018
Infant Meals
Agency/Organization: Oregon Department of Education
Target Audience: CACFP Organizations. Purpose: Review of the infant meal pattern. Learning Objectives: Understand the infant meal pattern and review of examples and resources.
TNTG Year:2018
Cultural Foods
Agency/Organization: Oregon Department of Education
Target Audience: CACFP Center-Based Organizations. Purpose: Discuss best practices for integrating different cultural foods in a CACFP menu. Learning Objectives: What is Cultural Foods and a roadmap to serving cultural foods.
TNTG Year:2018
Using the Food Buying Guide
Agency/Organization: Oregon Department of Education
Target Audience: CACFP Operators. Purpose: Review and walk-through of the USDA Food Buying Guide website and associated tools. Learning Objective: Understand the purpose of the Food Buying Guide and know the functions that are available.
TNTG Year:2018
Family Style Meals
Agency/Organization: Oregon Department of Education
Target Audience: CACFP Center-Based Sponsors who use Family Style Meal Service. Purpose: Overview of the requirements when utilizing Family Style Meal Service. Learning Objectives: What is Family Style. Reviewing Common Scenarios.
TNTG Year:2018
Offer Versus Serve in CACFP
Agency/Organization: Oregon Department of Education
Target Audience: CACFP Center-Based Sponsors with Afterschool At-Risk Programs or Adult Day Care Programs. Purpose: overview of CACFP Offer Versus Serve (OVS) requirements. Learning Objectives: Understand what OVS is and its requirements.
Nutrition Education and Promotion to Support Consistent Messaging in Schools
Agency/Organization: Alliance for a Healthier Generation
This 15-minute micro learning will provide strategies for nutrition education and promotion to support the consistency of foods and beverages sold and served in schools. It will also provide resources and best practice strategies for implementation.
TNTG Year:2018
Adult Meal Pattern
Agency/Organization: Oregon Department of Education
Target Audience: CACFP Center-Based Organizations with Adult Day Care Centers. Purpose: Provide targeted information on the adult meal pattern. Learning Objectives: 1. Review the adult meal pattern. 2. Provide resources.
TNTG Year:2018
Using the Menu Monitoring Handout
Agency/Organization: Oregon Department of Education
Target Audience: CACFP Center-Based Organizations. Purpose: Helping CACFP operators review their menus for CACFP meal pattern requirements. Learning Objectives: 1. Review the menu monitoring checklist. 2. Go over a menu example.
TNTG Year:2018
Meal Pattern Overview
Agency/Organization: Oregon Department of Education
Target Audience: CACFP Center-Based Organizations. Purpose: Provide an overview of the CACFP Meal Pattern. Learning Objectives: 1. Understand the CACFP meal pattern including who it serves and the meal components. 2. Where to find resources.
Food and Beverages Sold and Served in Schools
Agency/Organization: Alliance for a Healthier Generation
This 20-minute micro learning will provide an overview of the USDA standards and nutrition guidelines that govern the sale of foods and beverages available to students on campus during the school day also known as Smart Snacks.
Illinois Farm to School Network Taste Test Toolkit
Agency/Organization: IL Farm to School Network@ Seven Generations Ahead
We know that students are sometimes reluctant to try new foods. It can often take multiple exposures to build acceptance. The IFSN guide is designed to help feeding and garden sites conduct quality taste tests for children in grades Pre-K-5.
Farm Fresh Fridays Booklet
Agency/Organization: KS Department of Education
Local menu ideas, fun facts and activities are included in this booklet to help start or continue incorporating local foods in Child Nutrition Programs.
Shop Kansas Farms website
Agency/Organization: KS Department of Education
The Shop Kansas Farms website can connect you with safe and nutritious local products available for sale. View the map at https://shopkansasfarms.com/map/ . The interactive map allows you to search by region, county, and city by food category.
Tower Garden STEM lessons
Agency/Organization: KS Department of Education
Tower Garden STEM lessons designed for 4th grade level include Grow, Seeds, Water, Sunshine and You! Each lesson has a puzzle piece included to complete the puzzle when lessons are finished.
VegOut! Challenge & Curriculum
Agency/Organization: Recipe for Success Foundation
The VegOut! 30 Ways in 30 Days Challenge is a call to action to eat 30 different vegetables within one month and offers a toolkit of resources and incentives to help everyone get to 30, including recipes, and curriculum for Pre-K - 5th grade.
Farmer marKIDS Curriculum
Agency/Organization: Recipe for Success Foundation
The farmers marKIDS downloadable toolkit, designed for 4th - 6th graders, guides children's efforts in harvesting and pricing produce, promoting, advertising and operating their farmers marKIDS stand anytime of the year.
Foods for Infants
Agency/Organization: North Dakota Department of Public Instruction
This handout provides a list of creditable and not creditable foods for the CACFP infant meal pattern.
Multicultural Child Care Recipes and More! and Multicultural Cookbook Learn-at-home quiz
Agency/Organization: North Dakota Department of Public Instruction
The purpose of this resource is to provide multicultural meal ideas for family daycare home providers.
Food Service Directors Making Climate-Friendly School Food Work in California
Agency/Organization: Friends of the Earth
An inspiring video for foodservice directors thinking about shifting their food procurement and menu options to feature more plant-forward entree items.
Healthy, Climate-Friendly School Food Webinar Series
Agency/Organization: Friends of the Earth
Four-part Webinar Series for foodservice directors on Healthy, Climate-Friendly School Food: Strategies for Success.