Food Services & Nutrition
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Consultants and advisors are available for you.The Missouri Healthy Schools team includes experienced professionals who are available to answer your questions, provide training, and support your decision-making. Your consultants for Food Services & Nutrition are:
Contact Project Manager Anna Trainer, MPH with general inquiries. |
Downloads, webinars and videosBRAND NEW RESOURCE!
Supporting Child Nutrition During the Pandemic >> Main topics: The COVID-19 pandemic has put millions of children and young people at greater risk for hunger and poor nutrition. Three key federal nutrition programs together helped to feed tens of millions of children prior to and during the pandemic. Learn more about these key policies. >> Read more Provided 4.16.21 ----- 
BRAND NEW RESOURCE! D.C. Introduces New, Equitable 'Soda Tax' >> Main topics: D.C.’s newly introduced Nutrition Equity Bill aims to discourage residents from buying sugary drinks and make healthier options more accessible, especially in low-income neighborhoods in Northeast and Southeast D.C., where obesity and diabetes are diagnosed at high rates. >> Read more about the 'soda tax' Provided 4.16.21 ----- 
BRAND NEW RESOURCE! The nonprofit Tilth Alliance has delivered over 60,000 bags of healthy fruits and vegetables all across south Seattle >> Main topics: Tilth Alliance is one of many non-profit and community-based organizations that receives funding through revenue from Seattle’s sugary drink tax. The goal of the tax is to expand programming that increases access to healthy food, and Tilth Alliance’s story shows that the tax revenue is indeed having a positive impact on the Seattle community. Provided 4.14.21 ----- 
BRAND NEW RESOURCE! School Nutrition Policies and Practices Can Support the Social and Emotional Climate and Learning >> Main topics: The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child framework shows how multiple aspects of the school environment support students’ health, well-being, and academic success. This brief describes connections between the school nutrition environment and services, the social and emotional climate (SEC) in school, and activities that support students’ social and emotional learning (SEL). >> View resource Updated 4.7.21 ----- 
BRAND NEW RESOURCE! Chop Chop Kids Newsletter >> Main topics: Spring’s got us thinking about the color green. And the color green’s got us thinking about cucumbers! They’re crunchy, fresh, and juicy—and it’s easy to turn them into nearly instant salads and snacks. What’s your favorite cucumber? A plain one? A slice dipped in salad dressing? Or a dill pickle that, yes, started life as just a regular cucumber? We’ve got cucumber recipes, cucumber facts, and cucumber fun. Just in time for warmer weather. >> View Newsletter Updated 4.7.21 ----- 
School Meal Programs Are For All Kids >> Main topics: Partners and schools can use this toolkit to let parents know that school meals are available for all children and to encourage their participation in school meal programs. This toolkit includes background information, sample social media posts, graphics, and newsletter text. >> View resource Updated 3.31.21 ----- 
Health Benefits of Gardening >> Main topics: Check out their 25 minute recorded webinar, where they review a top 10 playlist of practical strategies and inspiring examples of family engagement in healthy practices from across the country. Educators, youth development leaders and caregivers who participate in this training will also be able to access their library of free family engagement resources to sustain healthy eating, active living, and social-emotional routines wherever youth live, learn, and play. >> View webinar (25 mins) Updated 3.31.21 ----- 
Health Benefits of Gardening >> Main topics: Some benefits of gardening highlighted below:
Updated 3.31.21 ----- National Nutrition Month Panel
>> Main topics: In this special program where MO Healthy Schools was joined by a panel of school food service directors from around Missouri discussing their experiences as we cross the one-year milestone of the COVID-19 pandemic. They reflected on lessons learned, how their district responded in the early days of the pandemic, where they are now, and what they are hoping to see by autumn. >> View recording Updated 3.26.21 ----- |
Save the date. Upcoming events.Apr 29 - 1PM CST
Latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans & How It Impacts Your Work >> Register Apr 29 - 6PM CST Summer Crops and Cover Crops >> Register May 5 - 2PM CST Sugary Drinks Message Research Overview >> Register May 12 - 2PM CST Sugary Drinks Messaging Deep-Dive >> Register Read success stories and case studies. |
