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 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 | Dec 30, 2024 | Lunch, All Stories, Innovation Award, Local Foods, Reducing Sodium, Scratch Prepared, Student Engagement, Trailblazer Award
Cafeteria Chronicles: Littleton Public Schools (Littleton, MA) Littleton Public Schools in Littleton, Massachusetts is serving up more than just lunch – they’re serving innovation! Recently, the district received two Healthy Meals Incentives (HMI) Recognition Awards:...
by Justin Phillips | Dec 10, 2024 | All Stories, Awardee & Cafe, Innovation Award, Nutrition Education
Celebrating the Adventure at theFall 2024 Healthy Meals Summit The USDA and Action for Healthy Kids recently welcomed over 700 school nutrition professionals at the Fall 2024 Healthy Meals Summit for three days of learning, innovating, and networking. With the theme...
by Justin Phillips | Nov 25, 2024 | All Stories, Farm to School, Innovation Award, Local Foods, Lunch, Scratch Prepared
Fueling the Future with HMI Recognition Awardee Hopewell Valley Regional School District During National School Lunch Week, Timberlane Middle School in Pennington, NJ, hosted representatives of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), New Jersey Department of...
by Justin Phillips | Oct 1, 2024 | All Stories, HMI Grantee, Innovation Award, Local Foods, Lunch, Scratch Prepared, Student Engagement
Cafeteria Chronicles: Regional School Unit #10 (Rumford, ME) Regional School Unit #10 (RSU 10) in Rumford, ME, is transforming school lunch with the support of the USDA and Action for Healthy Kids’ Healthy Meals Incentives (HMI) grant. RSU 10 set a goal to prepare...
