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Top 15 K-12 food service stories of 2023

Food Management

The year’s top K-12 stories tracked how school nutrition programs and providers tackled issues like labor shortages and product availability to keep kids fed with nutritious meals.

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How the updated School Nutrition Standards will impact food service at Cincinnati Public Schools

FoodService Director

Child Nutrition Director Jessica Shelly shares how she and her team plan to implement the new standards over the coming years and her advice to fellow operators on how to embrace the new regulations.

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Letter to Congress – protect our food supply, food workers and those food insecure during COVID-19

Bill Marler

Congress got it right by including in the Family First Act and CARES Act provisions that provide financial assistance to food banks, school nutrition programs, farmers and restaurants forced to close. But these bills do not protect food and farm workers doing their essential jobs.

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Q&A with Chris Derico, President, School Nutrition Association

Total Food Service

Last month, the School Nutrition Association (SNA) introduced Chris Derico , SNS, as the association ’s president for the 2023-24 school year. Chris Derico is also the Child Nutrition Director for Barbour County Schools in Philippi, West Virginia. What punishment came about that you had to go into food service?

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Cambro’s School Lunch Heroes

the CAMBRO blog

We are coordinating with feeding America and Find foodbank to have a monthly food distribution for the community. Paige Albrecht , Food Service Director at Forest Lake Public Schools , in Forrest Lake, Minn. Stephanie Dyer, School Nutrition Director at Smith County School System in Carthage, Tenn.

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Are schools the healthiest places to eat in America?

School Meals That Rock

You can read Cara’s excellent summary on verywellfit at Analysis of American Diet Finds School Meals Most Nutritious , including several quotes from me. It is also the purpose of 20+ blog posts where I have interviewed school nutrition leaders about their experiences during COVID-19.

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SNF Announces 2023 Equipment Grant Recipients

Total Food Service

The School Nutrition Foundation (SNF) , the charitable arm of the non-profit School Nutrition Association (SNA) , late last month announced winners of its 2023 Equipment Grant Program. Five school nutrition professionals are being awarded grants for their school meal programs.