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Resource | Webinars/Videos USDA Disaster Nutrition Assistance Programs

By Sasha McNair, Governmental Affairs Specialist, Food and Nutrition Service

05/24/2016
Resource | Webinars/Videos Fight Lead with Healthy Foods

USDA recently teamed with local, state and federal partners in Michigan to share with Flint residents healthy eating habits that can mitigate lead absorption in the body. Consuming foods high in calcium, iron and Vitamin C – and keeping their stomachs full – can reduce lead levels.

05/23/2016
Resource | Webinars/Videos Processing Webinar Series: USDA Foods Value Pass Through

This webinar explains how the money spent to buy USDA Foods for processing is returned to the state/schools through various value pass-through systems and explores real-life scenarios.

05/19/2016
Resource | Webinars/Videos Processing Webinar Series: USDA Foods Order Management and Monitoring, Part 2

This webinar is meant for state agencies and processors who operate USDA Foods in Schools programs. The webinar provides information on sales order receipting and the impact on the monthly performance report (MPR) as well as  information on inventory reconciliation at the national level and bond monitoring, covering the processor’s responsibility to monitor and to manage inbound orders and transfers, and providing an overview of state agency responsibilities and sweep procedures and tools for state reconciliation of MPRs. 

03/31/2016
Resource | Webinars/Videos Planning Toolkit - School Gardening

Hear about the different ways to incorporate school gardens into your farm to school program as well as hear how schools are successfully procuring school garden produce for their meal programs.

03/31/2016
Resource | Webinars/Videos Processing Webinar Series: USDA Foods Order Management and Monitoring, Part 1

This webinar shares an array of information on the USDA Foods catalog and schedules, ship-to process, order review and monitoring, order changes and communication, and order receiving and receipting.

03/10/2016
Resource | Webinars/Videos Planning Toolkit - Food Safety

In this webinar, we’ll share local food safety best practices, including identifying safety measures for school gardens and school salad bars.

03/03/2016
Resource | Webinars/Videos Processing Webinar Series: USDA Foods Strategic Ordering and Forecasting

This webinar explains how to be an ideal customer; shares best practices for planning, forecasting, and procurement of USDA Foods; discusses data and inventory analysis and shares tips for planning and ordering.

02/18/2016
Resource | Webinars/Videos USDA Foods Processing: Processing Agreements Webinar Series

This webinar provides an overview of minimum requirements from the federal perspective and discusses roles and responsibilities for participating in the USDA Foods Processing Program.

02/04/2016
Resource | Webinars/Videos Planning Toolkit: Finding and Buying Local Foods

In this third webinar, USDA Farm to School local food procurement guru, Christina Conell, breaks down the how-tos of finding and buying local food.

02/04/2016
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