eSTAR
USDA’s Team Nutrition E-STAR Program is an enhanced version of the ICN STAR (School Nutrition Strategies, Training, Action Plans, and Resources) training program that focuses on school meal quality. On September 4, 2019, the Food and Nutrition Service awarded [Read More]
Free Webinars
Take advantage of the FREE webinars available from ICN and USDA! The monthly S.T.A.R. Webinar Series is offered the last Thursday of each month. CACFP Halftime: Thirty on Thursday Training Webinars are held on the third Thursday of each [Read More]
Face-to-Face Training Update
Summer 2019 brought a record setting number of face-to-face trainings for the ICN Training Team! By the end of August, we surpassed the total number of trainings conducted in 2018 and are well on the way to over 500 [Read More]
Team Nutrition E-STAR Training Grants for State Agencies
On September 4, 2019, the Food and Nutrition Service awarded approximately $2.5 million in Fiscal Year 2019 Team Nutrition Training Grants for the E-STAR Training Program. This 4-year grant supports state agency implementation of a job-skills training program focused [Read More]
June 6-10 & June 13-17, 1994. First Orientation to Child Nutrition Management – Managing for Healthy Food Practices Delivered
June 6-10 & June 13-17, 1994. First Orientation to Child Nutrition Management – Managing for Healthy Food Practices Delivered The first Orientation to Child Nutrition Management seminar was a 2-week course offered in connection with the Department of Home [Read More]
Satellite Seminar Network
In a clip from a presentation for the 1993 American School Food Service Association (ASFSA), now known as the School Nutrition Association, Dr. Josephine Martin introduces the satellite seminar network. “The satellite network allowed us to immediately offer [Read More]
iBites Podcast Episode 15 – Rodney Taylor
This month’s guest is Rodney Taylor, Director of Food and Nutrition Services, Fairfax Public Schools, Fairfax, VA HOW TO SUBSCRIBE Subscribe to Podcast
Now Available! The Exhibit A Grains Tool on the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs (FBG) Mobile App
On August 12, 2019, FNS released the Exhibit A Grains Tool as a new feature on the FBG Mobile App on both Apple and Google app stores! The Exhibit A Grains Tool was first released on the FBG Interactive [Read More]