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Resource | Training and Outreach Industry Guide to Publishing K-12 Product Data to USDA Databases

This webinar introduces and describes the purposes of the two USDA databases available for K-12 product manufacturers to publish their product data: Child Nutrition Database and the USDA Foods Database.

03/26/2025
Resource | Webinars/Videos Webinar on Final Rule - Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent with the 2020-2025 DGAs

A webinar for state agency and school food authority staff focused on the Final Rule: Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent With The 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines For Americans. 

06/05/2024
Resource | Federal Register Notices Final Rule - Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020-2025 DGAs

This rulemaking finalizes long-term school nutrition requirements based on the goals of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025, robust stakeholder input, and lessons learned from prior rulemakings.

04/25/2024
Resource | Webinars/Videos 2024 Updates to the School Nutrition Standards – Overview

Schools provide some of the healthiest meals that kids eat which play an important role in providing the nutrition they need to grow and learn and school meals are about to get even better We know you want the best for our nation's children and USDA is investing in school meals to make them even healthier over the next several years.

04/24/2024
Resource | Technical Assistance Crediting Handbook for CACFP

The Crediting Handbook for the Child and Adult Care Food Program reflects the updated CACFP meal pattern requirements, which became effective October 2017.

05/08/2023
Resource | Webinars/Videos Navigating the USDA Foods Database

This webinar provided state agencies and school districts instructions on how to navigate the USDA Foods Database to access vendor-specific product information, including nutrients, allergens, ingredients and certifications.

03/02/2023
Resource | Webinars/Videos Meal Talk: Local School Wellness Policies

USDA Team Nutrition staff and guest speakers from South Carolina’s Local Wellness Policy State Technical Assistance Team and Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shared how to energize, strengthen and assess local school wellness policies.

09/12/2022
Resource | Webinars/Videos Breakfast Basics

This webinar shows CACFP operators how to plan nutritious and appealing breakfasts that meet CACFP meal pattern requirements. 

08/30/2022
Basic page CACFP Halftime: Thirty on Thursdays Training Webinar Series

Join Team Nutrition for monthly training webinars on hot topics related to the CACFP meal pattern requirements.

08/30/2022
Resource | Technical Assistance Local School Wellness Policy Outreach Toolkit

Engage school staff and parents in school wellness using these ready-to-go communication tools.

08/01/2022
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