FNS Documents & Resources

During today's webinar, we're going to be talking about the implementation grant for the Farm to School grant program. We'll start by giving some background information on Farm to School in general. We'll talk about today's topic specifically, the implementation grant track of the grant program. We'll review the scoring, how the proposals are scored, the budget and match, the registration process, the forms and the format, and then I'll review some resources that are available to you all as you prepare your application before we get into the questions.

This webinar will discuss the Farm to School grant program and specifically talk about details about the planning grant track.

A conference call and webinar in Spanish to highlight how promotores are engaging with USDA nutrition assistance programs. The webinar, is designed for promotores, their networks, and faith-based and neighborhood partners to learn about various ways in which they can partner with USDA to ensure that eligible Latinos have access to federal nutrition assistance programs. The webinar will walk through ways in which promotores can partner with USDA's Food and Nutrition Service. It will include helpful links, best practices, stories, and even videos of personal testimonies.

An overview of how to conduct effective media outreach, including step-by-step advice on how to identify and target your audience, reach out to the media, and evaluate your results.

This toolkit covers a range of practices that can be implemented at the local level as well as policies and procedures at the state level.

Recipes

Recipes

The new USDA Recipes for Schools should be available for distribution beginning June 1, 2006.  States may order copies for all their School Districts and schools or they may forward the attached electronic order form to their School Districts so the Districts may order for their staff and their schools.  Copies will not be mailed to individual schools.  

The recipes from the 1988 Quantity Recipes for School Food Service and the 1995 Tool Kit for Healthy School Meals were revised using updated yields from the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs and using the 2005 Food Code for the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points.