What's New

On January 25th, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the final rule, "Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs." A number of resources are available on the SNA-WI website.

What exciting change(s) are you going to make to your school nutrition program in the coming year? What do you think the impact is going to be on your students, staff or program?

Connect with SNA and Enter to Win! Stay connected by email for timely updates on school nutrition-related news, trends, legislative updates, upcoming meetings, webinars and other essential resources from SNA...

National School Breakfast Week (March 5-9, 2012) is a couple of months away, and “School Breakfast – Go for Gold” is the perfect campaign to help your breakfast program succeed. SNA has many tools and other resources available to help you get started...

It’s time to begin the nomination process for the SNA awards program. The deadline for submitting a nomination for the Louise Sublette Award of Excellence, the Heart of the Program and the Outstanding Director of the Year awards is March 1, 2012. Be sure your state has...

To help you educate and inform parents, teachers, and the community about Tray Talk and the benefits of healthy school meals, SNA has updated a number of the tools available for you...

Plans are underway for the 40th Annual Legislative Action Conference which will be held in Washington, DC on March 4-7, 2012. The Opening General Session and keynote address will include...

Can’t wait until your issue of School Nutrition magazine arrives in your mailbox each month? Starting January 2012, you now have a new way to access your favorite professional development magazine. School Nutrition has launched...

The 2011 SNA Director of the Year is Lyman Graham, Director, Roswell Independent School District, Carlsbad Municipal Schools and Dexter Consolidated Schools, New Mexico. With 20 years of experience...

SNF Scholarships will be open on February 1. SNF is updating the website with updated information and will be sending out email updates closer to February 1...

SNF is committed to helping spread the word about the importance of nutritious school meals. Through the Beyond Breakfast blog, SNF shares news from school districts around the country about the changing face of school meals...

West Salem wins HealthierUS Top Honors Congratulations to Wisconsin's own West Salem Elementary School, the first school in our state to achieve USDA’s HealthierUS School Challenge...and earn the highest award level -- the Gold of Distinction award.

Greetings friends of Wisconsin Farm to School! Farm to school is growing rapidly and it is time to share lessons of the many unique programs in this state, as well as the trends throughout the region and the United States.

March 12 – 14, 2012 Wisconsin Restaurant Expo Frontier Airlines Center, Milwaukee, WI

Join the thousands of visitors on the Beyond Breakfast blog (www.beyondbreakfast.org); share your success stories, resources, and comments and continue the conversation beyond breakfast! The School Nutrition Foundation (SNF) is offering online tools to aid

Mark your calendars for the 2012 SNA-WI Spring Conference, to be held March 19-20 at the Holiday Inn in Stevens Point, immediately preceding the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board's Breakfast Workshop. Schedule subject to change - register today!

The SNA Emporium now has a MyPlate poster available in Spanish. The poster features the new MiPlato icon and the following message in Spanish “Choose from all five food groups to balance your lunch tray.” Prices start at $3.25. Order posters for your cafeterias

The US Department of Agriculture released an interim evaluation report on the results from the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) for the 2011-2012 school year. It indicates that in participating schools, the program increased student consumption of fruits and vegetables by about 15%,

Plans are underway for the 40th Annual Legislative Action Conference which will be held in Washington, DC on March 4-7, 2012. Following the Charge to the Hill on Tuesday, the LAC Annual Reception and Banquet will be held that evening at the J.W. Marriott. For the Banquet in 2012, SNA is scheduling

Mark your calendars for Monday, March 5, 2012. The Global Child Nutrition Foundation’s ninth annual “A Possible Dream” gala will be held at the Ronald Reagan building for an evening of honoring champions of child nutrition. The prestigious Gene White Lifetime Achievement Award for Child Nutrition will be awarded, as will