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. |
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Project Protect Food Systems Workers >> Main topics: The Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) is continuing its Spotlight series highlighting worker-driven social responsibility models. See April's interview with Judge Laura from the Fair Foods Standards Council and May's Spotlight highlighting the Milk with Dignity program with Marita Canedo and Tom Fritzsche. >> Read more about this work Provided 6.9.21 ----- 
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CHOP CHOP Newsletter: Kids Club Vol. 31: Cherries >> Main topics: Juicy, red cherries are one of our favorite early summer treats (well, along with school letting out). You don’t need to do much to them, since they’re delicious just the way they are. But we have a couple of easy recipes anyway, just in case you find yourself with an abundance. Plus, we’ve got fun facts and sweet ideas to, well, put the cherry on top! (And we’re asking if you know where that expression comes from! Hint: It might involve whipped cream too.) >> Read more about this issue Provided 6.2.21 ----- 
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Farm to School Resources >> Main topics: In collaboration with the USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Community Food Systems, ICN has added a Farm to School topic area to the CNSS Resource Hub! ICN is currently building the Farm to School database and welcomes YOUR farm to school resource submissions through the CNSS resource submission form. >> Visit the CNSS Resource Hub to view and/or download resources. Provided 6.1.21 ----- 
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Team Nutrition is excited to announce the Institute of Child Nutrition's updated eLearning Portal, now with a fresh, new look and a new name: iLearn! >> Main topics: ICN's iLearn provides free, self-paced online learning for Child Nutrition Professionals and offers the flexibility to complete courses in multiple sessions on desktop, laptop, or mobile devices. ICN has added new features that enhance the eLearning experience, including: personalized profiles, online courses in Spanish, iLearn @ ICN Mobile App, and live webinars >> View resource Provided 5.28.21 ----- BRAND NEW RESOURCE!
Recognize National Dairy Month With the CACFP Trainer's Tool: Serving Milk >> Main topics: June is National Dairy Month and a great time to test your knowledge about CACFP meal pattern requirements related to milk! Use the CACFP Trainer’s Tool: Serving Milk bingo-style training game in English and Spanish at your next in-person or virtual training. Team Nutrition CACFP Organizations can request free printed copies of this resource. Click here to enroll or update your organization's contact information. Ordering information will be emailed to new members within five business days of the approved enrollment. Provided 5.28.21 ----- 
BRAND NEW RESOURCE! Recognize National Dairy Month With the CACFP Trainer's Tool: Serving Milk >> Main topics: June is National Dairy Month and a great time to test your knowledge about CACFP meal pattern requirements related to milk! Use the CACFP Trainer’s Tool: Serving Milk bingo-style training game in English and Spanish at your next in-person or virtual training. Team Nutrition CACFP Organizations can request free printed copies of this resource. Click here to enroll or update your organization's contact information. Ordering information will be emailed to new members within five business days of the approved enrollment. Provided 5.28.21 ----- 
BRAND NEW RESOURCE! Celebrate 10 Years of MyPlate >> Main topics: On June 2, 2021, celebrate MyPlate’s birthday by sharing MyPlate resources with students, families, and peers. MyPlate reminds us that small changes matter, and every bite counts! Check out Team Nutrition’s MyPlate webpage for materials developed specifically for kids and families. Provided 5.28.21 ----- 
BRAND NEW RESOURCE! Motivate Kids and Families With These Summer Activities >> Main topics: Provide families with tips and tools for a healthy summer with these activity guides:
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Community Program Teaches D.C. Residents How to Be Their Own Best Advocates >> Main topics: Where there’s a will, there’s a way. And if by chance there isn’t a way, there’s Beatrice Evans. Evans, who’s affectionately known in her community as Miss Bea, may be retired, but the 67-year-old lifelong D.C. resident says her work is only just beginning. “Everyone has something they can give, and every little bit helps,” said Miss Bea. That mentality is at the core of the way she lives her life. When she saw community members struggling with food and nutrition insecurity, she organized a Produce Plus Program registration session. By the end of the event, more than 50 people had signed up for the program which provides fruits and vegetables to D.C. residents who can’t always get fresh, healthy food. >> Read more on her story here Provided 5.27.21 ----- 
Summer Program Toolkit by No Kid Hungry >> Main topics: Ready to use and customizable materials—in both English and Spanish—to help you quickly and easily promote free meals to families this summer. >> Visit No Kid Hungry webpage Provided 5.19.21 ----- 
Tips for Staffing Summer Meals Programs >> Main topics: No Kid Hungry gathered advice from summer nutrition heroes on staffing their programs. Tips include: employing teens; advertising employment opportunities to school district staff; hiring staff who speak the languages that your community speaks; recruiting volunteers from local nonprofits, places of worship, and businesses; and making due with fewer labor hours. >> Download resource Provided 5.19.21 ----- |
Save the date. Upcoming events.June 15 - 12PM CST
Art in the Garden >> Register here June 16 - 12PM CST What Would it Take to End Food Insecurity? >> Register here June 17 - 12PM CST Summer Pruning for Tree & Cane Fruit >> Register here June 21 - 1PM CST Produce Prescription Programs Then & Now: Implications for Health & Systems Improvement >> Register here Read success stories and case studies. |
