Scaling Up Healthy, Climate-Friendly School Food
Agency/Organization: Friends of the Earth
An inspiring and educational resource for school foodservice directors and advocates to learn about the importance of shifting menus and the resources available to help.
Student Engagement Video
Agency/Organization: Friends of the Earth
A video to help inspire students to get involved in a school district's sustainable food efforts.
Shrinking the Carbon and Water Footprint of School Food
Agency/Organization: Friends of the Earth
An inspiring story from Oakland Unified provides a roadmap for change, showing how to feed kids healthier, more sustainable food on tight budgets.
Organic, Plant-Forward, Scratch Cooked School Meals: A California Case Study
Agency/Organization: Friends of the Earth
This report spotlights 3 schools that are implementing a values-based, climate-friendly school food service model rooted in providing 100% organic, scratch-cooked, and plant-forward school meals in low-waste kitchens. We hope it inspires directors!
Organic School Food Roadmap
Agency/Organization: Friends of the Earth
The Organic School Food Roadmap is a practical “how-to” guide, developed to help school food service teams make organic purchasing decisions and overcome key challenges when buying organic foods.
Organic School Food Roadmap
Agency/Organization: Friends of the Earth
The Organic School Food Roadmap is a practical “how-to” guide, developed to help school food service teams make organic purchasing decisions and overcome key challenges when buying organic foods.
Local Food Ambassador Toolkit
Agency/Organization: RI Healthy Schools Coalition
Designed to train family and community volunteers on how to collaborate with Food Service and School Administration to organize and promote cafeteria taste-tests of locally sourced foods with elementary students.
RI Healthy School Meals Breakfast Expansion Toolkit
Agency/Organization: RI Healthy Schools Coalition
Designed for all school community stakeholders to understand the importance of breakfast and how to make it accessible to more students. Proven strategies, step by step guide and timeline for "breakfast after the bell" rollout.
Farm to School @ Home
Agency/Organization: Community Health Improvement Partners
The Farm to School @ Home is a series of activities that teach valuable Farm to School and nutrition lessons to students while at home. Topics include gardening, cooking, fermentation, environmental science, seasonal foods, and farm to fork. To access all of the activities visit: https://www.farmtoschoolcollective.org/f2s-at-home. To access the activities …
Farm to School Student Curriculum
Agency/Organization: Community Health Improvement Partners
This Curriculum was created to educate students on Farm to School and to assist educators with collecting information on students' school meal preferences and perceptions. Topics include Introduction, Perceptions, Taste, Farmers, and School Gardens.
Remote Learning & Online Resource Guide
Agency/Organization: Maine Agriculture in the Classroom
This guide has resources for educators PreK-12th grade to help teach agriculture, gardening, and nutrition either in the classroom or at home. It highlights resources that are particularly helpful for remote/virtual learning.
Converting Grains to Ounce Equivalents in the CACFP
Agency/Organization: Virginia Department of Education
This resource was developed for Virginia CACFP operators; it was implemented during the VDOE Office of School Nutrition Programs 2020 Virtual Director/Sponsor Conference. The resource includes an overview of grain oz. equivalents and USDA resources.
Snack Inspiration
Agency/Organization: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Snack Inspirations is a resource developed as part of our CACFP Meal Service Training grant. The target audience is CACFP agencies to provide snack ideas a recipes along with CACFP crediting information.
TNTG Year:2017
Montana School Wellness in Action Workshop Agenda
Agency/Organization: Montana Team Nutrition, Montana State University, Office of Public Instruction
A workshop to help school food service professionals and community members learn how a local school wellness policy can help create healthy environments.
TNTG Year:2017
Cooking Up Harvest of the Month Class (3 hour workshop) Outline
Agency/Organization: Montana Team Nutrition, Montana State University, Office of Public Instruction
A hands-on cooking class that teaches participants about how to prepare delicious Montana Harvest of the Month recipes that can be served for school lunch, breakfast, or snacks. Participants work on knife skills and food preparation techniques in this fun and tasty workshop.
TNTG Year:2017
Veggie-licious! Workshop Overview and Agenda
Agency/Organization: Montana Team Nutrition, Montana State University, Office of Public Instruction
A workshop that explores delicious new recipes and strategies to get students excited about trying new vegetables and helps school food service professionals brainstorm ways to mix up their typical "menu go-tos” for the service line, salad bar, and grab and go meals.
TNTG Year:2017
Montana Cook Fresh Training Support Program
Agency/Organization: Montana Team Nutrition, Montana State University, Office of Public Instruction
The purpose of this resource is to 1) provide on-site training or technical assistance to improve culinary skills with the goal of increasing the service of “from scratch” meals/recipes, fresh foods and a variety of vegetables in school meal programs, 2) develop and implement a Montana Cook Fresh Action Plan …
TNTG Year:2017
Data-Driven Decision Making with Key Performance Indicators Video and User Guide
Agency/Organization: Virginia Department of Education
This resource includes a user guide and link to a Data-Driven Decision Making with Key Performance Indicators video.
TNTG Year:2017
Financial Management: Mastering the SNP Financial Report Video
Agency/Organization: Virginia Department of Education
This resource includes the user guide and link to a video on the completion of the Virginia School Nutrition Programs Financial Report.
TNTG Year:2017
Procurement Profiles: Sharing Your School Nutrition Vision Video
Agency/Organization: Virginia Department of Education
This resource includes a video on developing a procurement profile for a school/child nutrition program.
TNTG Year:2017
Procurement 101: Developing Written Procurement Procedures Video and User Guide
Agency/Organization: Virginia Department of Education
This resource includes the user guide and link to the Procurement 101: Developing Written Procurement Procedures video.
TNTG Year:2017
Procurement Profile Template
Agency/Organization: Virginia Department of Education
This resource includes a template for developing a procurement profile.
TNTG Year:2017
Key Performance Indicator Worksheet Answer Key
Agency/Organization: Virginia Department of Education
This resource includes the answer key to the previously submitted Key Performance Indicator Worksheet.
TNTG Year:2017
Key Performance Indicator Worksheet
Agency/Organization: Virginia Department of Education
This resource includes a key performance indicator practice worksheet (answer key to be submitted separately).
TNTG Year:2017
Production Record
Agency/Organization: Virginia Department of Education
This resource includes a production record template with salad bars included.