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 | 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 6, 2024 | All Stories, Breakfast, Lunch, Reducing Added Sugar, Trailblazer Award
USDA and AFHK Visit HMI Awardee Lebanon School District Photo Credit: USDA, Briana Gonzalez Cepero (student photographer), LebTown Students in Lebanon School District in Lebanon, Pennsylvania don’t need a map to find their way to a healthy, delicious meal. They can...
by Justin Phillips | Dec 6, 2024 | HMI Grantee, All Stories, Local Foods, Lunch, Reducing Sodium, Scratch Prepared, Trailblazer Award
Cafeteria Chronicles: Midwest Central Community Unit School District #191 (Manito, IL) At Midwest Central Community Unit School District #191 in Manito, IL, change is on the menu. As a Healthy Meals Incentives (HMI) grantee and recipient of the Small and/or Rural...
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...