Farm to Cafeteria Conference 2014: Overcoming Barriers to Serving Farm Fresh...
We have had an exciting month here at Beyond Breakfast! First we took a jaunt up to Fairbanks, Alaska, where the UAF Cooperative Extension was kind enough to lend us office space so we could get work...
View ArticleDayle Hayes of ‘School Meals That Rock’ on Photography, Social Media, and...
When it comes to promoting school meals via social media, there are few folks doing it better than Dayle Hayes, the woman behind School Meals That Rock. Dayle has been presenting delicious school...
View ArticleMay 2014 In the News: Summer Meals, Mobile Delivery, Invite Katie Couric to...
The school year is winding down across the country, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to stop talking about delicious, nutritious school lunch and breakfast. As we all know, “hunger doesn’t take a...
View ArticleCalculating How To End Hunger in Schools
A guest blog by Karen Banks, Program Manager, No Kid Hungry Center for Best Practices I want to tell you a story about the No Kid Hungry Academy. While this school is fictional, it’s based on...
View ArticleCelebrate September with Healthy Food & Exercise Awareness
September is here, which means school is in full swing across the country! We love that “back-to-school” feeling, and all of the things that come with it—fresh apples, crisp morning air, and of...
View ArticleCelebrate October with Healthy Food & Activity Awareness
Happy October, everyone! We hope our readers are settling in to the routine of the new school year, and looking forward to National School Lunch Week 2014! Our round up of healthy September observances...
View ArticleCelebrate November with Health, Gratitude, and a Positive Attitude
We celebrated a lot of delicious, nutritious, healthy observances in October including National School Lunch Week, National Farm-to-School Month, and National School Bus Safety Week, to name a few. We...
View ArticleDecember Observances to Keep Us Healthy Through the Holidays
We celebrated some terrific healthy observances in November, which is great—it helps balance all that turkey we eat at Thanksgiving! November included observances like America Recycles Day, World...
View ArticleCelebrating National Dairy Month
It’s June, and that means it’s National Dairy Month! Nutrient-rich dairy delivers all kinds of things our bodies need to grow and thrive: protein, Vitamin A, calcium, and potassium, to name just a few....
View ArticleSocial Media for School Nutrition: Getting Started
Using social media for business can be intimidating; what if you post something offensive, or someone visiting your page posts something offensive? What if no one likes your pages, or follows you? What...
View ArticleCooking Up Memories: ‘Dodge School Favorites’ Scales Favorite School Lunches...
Several months ago we ran across this story about three women who created a cookbook inspired by, and using the original recipes for, their favorite school lunches from the past. When we posted a link...
View ArticleReducing Food Waste: Be Part of the Solution!
Did you know that approximately 40 percent of food produced in America is thrown away? Put another way: that is nearly $165 billion worth of food thrown out each year in the United States. As school...
View ArticleSchool Breakfast Strategy: Scratch Cooking
A common refrain we hear when talking about breakfast-in-the-classroom is, “If only there were more freshly-prepared foods!” It’s true that scratch and speed-scratch cooking can be a challenge when...
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