Topics: Healthy Snacks & Beverages Serving Up MyPlate is a collection of elementary school materials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food & Nutrition Service. The curriculum he...
Topics: School Breakfast & Lunch, State/Local Policy, Healthy Snacks & Beverages Celebrate National Food Day with an Apple for both Teachers and Students! By: Malkia “Kia” McLeod T...
Topics: Physical Activity This post is cross-posted from the NEA Today blog. Summer is officially here, and most schools across the nation have marked the end of another academic year. For many kids, ...
Topics: Fundraisers/School Revenue, Vending, School Stores, Obesity, Healthy Snacks & Beverages, Cafeteria a la Carte Lines The Smart Snacks Roundup Posted By: Malkia “Kia” McLeod Wh...
Topics: Obesity, Physical Activity, Healthy Snacks & Beverages From wristbands that track physical activity to Twitter chats on food issues, technological advances are creating new tools to help k...
Topics: Healthy Snacks & Beverages Last week, on a rainy Friday afternoon, I made a trip to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. As I wandered in to the room of Impressionists, I found ...
Topics: Healthy Snacks & Beverages, State/Local Policy The lessons I have learned from my training as a military pilot may help other parents navigate the route to raising healthy children in toda...
Topics: Healthy Snacks & Beverages Today, more than 38,000 U.S. schools are serving their students fresh, local, healthy foods through farm to school programs, reported a recent United States Depa...
Our friends at School Nutrition Association teamed up with Jarrett J. Krosoczk, author of the Lunch Lady Comics, to create a day celebrating school cafeteria workers! School Lunch Hero Day recognizes ...
Topics: Healthy Snacks & Beverages, Federal Policy As a parent, I know firsthand that my kids love to eat salty and sugary snacks. And if I allowed it, they would consume them all the time. My bo...