by Justin Phillips | Feb 11, 2025 | All Stories, Awardee & Cafe, Breakfast, Reducing Added Sugar, Scratch Prepared, Trailblazer Award
Cafeteria Chronicles: Breakfast Trailblazer Recognition Award What does it mean to be a breakfast trailblazer? Nationwide, school districts are leading the way in reducing added sugars in their breakfast offerings. Cutting back on added sugars in cereal, yogurt,...
by Justin Phillips | Feb 7, 2025 | All Stories, Awardee & Cafe, Innovation Award, Nutrition Education, Reducing Added Sugar, Reducing Sodium, Scratch Prepared, Student Engagement, Training
Cafeteria Chronicles: Cherry Creek School District (Greenwood Village, CO) If you want to provide hands-on nutrition education to students, look no further than Cherry Creek School District in Greenwood Village, CO. The district’s Food and Nutrition Services...
by Justin Phillips | Feb 7, 2025 | All Stories, Awardee & Cafe, Lunch, Reducing Sodium, Trailblazer Award
Cafeteria Chronicles: Lunch Trailblazer Recognition Award Are you blazing a trail in your school lunch program? You might be eligible for the Lunch Trailblazer Award and/or the Small and/or Rural Food Authority Lunch Trailblazer Award, as part of USDA and Action for...
by Justin Phillips | Feb 6, 2025 | Lunch, All Stories, Awardee & Cafe, Farm to School, Innovation Award, Nutrition Education, Trailblazer Award
Cafeteria Chronicles: Power School District 30 (Power, MT) Educating students about local agriculture is not just about food, but about building a stronger, healthier community for School Nutrition Director Laura Toeckes at Power School District 30 in Power, Montana....
by Justin Phillips | Sep 24, 2024 | All Stories, Awardee & Cafe, HMI Grantee, Innovation Award, Local Foods, Nutrition Education, School Garden, Scratch Prepared
Cafeteria Chronicles: Northeast Vernon County School District R1 (Walker, MO) Northeast Vernon County School District R1, located in rural Walker, MO, is making impressive strides in school nutrition with the support of the USDA and Action for Healthy Kids’ Healthy...
by Justin Phillips | Sep 16, 2024 | Awardee & Cafe, Awardee Announcement
Thirty-Nine School Districts Receive National Awards for Trailblazing, Innovative Improvements to Make School Meals Healthier CHICAGO, September 13, 2024 – Action for Healthy Kids and USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service announced that 39 school districts have received...
