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Links For Food Service Staff
Add a Little Spice to Your Life	Handout that explains how to use spices and herbs to reduce the amount of sugar and/or salt in recipes
Bridges to Wellness: Connecting School Meals and Classroom Learning	A nutrition education program that links cafeteria lessons into classroom-based interactive nutrition education lessons for students in grades 5-10
Clip-Art Guide - Food	Index of food and beverage clip art on the Internet
Cornell Nutrition Works	Source of low-cost interactive, web-based continuing education programs for nutrition and health practitioners.
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network	Free food-allergy information programs for elementary, intermediate, and high schools and school guidelines for managing students with food allergies
Food, Nutrition and Health Days	A complete list of nationally recognized health days
Food Quality Assurance - Commercial Item Descriptions	Useful for writing bid specifications
Food Resource	All kinds of information about food from Oregon State University, including pictures and graphics
Guidelines for Healthy Foods and Beverages at Meetings, Gatherings and Events	Manual for individuals in charge of planning food-related events. Contains guidelines on offering more healthful food and beverage options.
Healthy Kids Challenge	School food and fitness education project you can sign up for
Healthy Snack Program for Your After School Program, CANFit	26 menus, two-week sample cycle menus, funding options and Best Practice Guidelines. The guide makes it easier for after school programs to provide healthier snacks for the youth.
Illinois School Nutrition Association	Membership and professional development information
Food and Nutrition Information Center, FNIC	Provides practical resources for nutrition and health professionals, educators, government personnel and consumers.
Kellogg's NuCrew	Contains resources and grant opportunities to assist schools in making the transition to nutrient-based menu planning.
Mealtime Memo for Child Care, NFSMI	Newsletter that reinforces the importance of the Food Guide Pyramid and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Spanish and English
Montana CACFP Toolkit - Making It Balance and Kickin' It Up	This toolkit of menus (5 weeks of breakfast, lunch and one snack), with accompanying recipes and resources will assist childcare providers in serving healthy meals which are cost effective, easy to prepare, and appealing to children.
National Food Service Management Institute	Provides information and services that promote improvement of Child Nutrition Programs
Nutrition Explorations	Browse this site for marketing ideas, activities for connecting with the classroom, tools for expanding your program, and nutrition information
Nutrition Education in School Food Service Tool Kit	The tool kit is designed for use in elementary schools, particularly those serving low-income populations. Activities are included for food service staff to use in school as well as for parents to use at home. Spanish
Recess Before Lunch Guidance	The Montana Team Nutrition Program has developed a guide for success on implementing a Recess Before Lunch Schedule.
Rules Part 305 - School Food Service	Website to assist Illinois school staff in implementing Part 305 of the Illinois Administrative Code
Special Needs Fact Sheets, NFSMI	Fact sheets for child nutrition professionals on diabetes, lactose, swallowing and allergies
Rethinking School Lunch Guide	Provides key information on how you can replace prepackaged food with fresh, locally grown, seasonably available foods from smaller family farmers. Includes LiFE (Linking Food and the Environment) lessons, the RSL Financial Calculator, and a farm-to-school guide including five successful models for procurement systems.
Seven Generations Ahead	Source of information on establishing farm to school programs
USDA Approved Nutrient Analysis Software	List of approved nutrient analysis software to analyze menus or implement Nutrient Standard Menu Planning
USDA/ARS USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference	Searchable database with nutritional content of food
USDA Recipes for Schools	Updated USDA recipes for schools
USDA's Team Nutrition	Implementation tool for USDA's School Meals Initiative for healthy children

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Links For Food Service Staff