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 | Jan 30, 2025 | All Stories, Breakfast, Reducing Added Sugar, Reducing Sodium, Scratch Prepared, Student Engagement, Trailblazer Award
Cafeteria Chronicles: Richland Bean Blossom Community School Corporation (Ellettsville, IN) Understanding your students’ taste preferences is a sure-fire way to make successful changes in your school breakfast menu. Just ask Richland Bean Blossom (RBB) Community...
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 | 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...