Wake Up To Fresh Fruits and Vegetables http://www.wakeupfv.com/extensive online resource on sourcing, promoting, serving and handling fresh fruits and vegetables in schools
Fruits and Vegetables Galore Helping Kids Eat More tips on planning, purchasing, protecting, preparing, presenting and promoting fruits and vegetables.
View Santa Cruz City School Food Service Director discussing how he cooks from scratch and practices "Stealth Health".
View Turlock Unified Child Nutrition Director explain how they have revamped their school food program through serving style and branding.
Best Practice for Handling Fresh Produce in Schools from the USDA and the National Food Safety Food Service Management Institute.
National Food Service Management Institute's School Produce Safety Fact Sheets and Videos
Extensive list of resources from USDA's Produce Safety University
Addressing Food Safety In School Produce Purchasing www.schoolnutrition.org/producepurchasing An archived webinar with many resources.
Salad and Produce Bar Resources
USDA Memo on Salad Bars This memorandum is to provide State agencies (SAs) with information on how salad bars can effectively be used in the service of reimbursable meals. This memo includes information on portion size, point of service, nutrient analysis and food safety for school meals.
Salad Bar to Schools A Let’s Move grant program designed to help schools establish salad bars. Register your school or district to start raising funds
Riverside Unified School Districts (RUSD) Guide to Starting and Running Salad Bars 38 pages
RUSD Template for running a salad bar 10 pages
RUSD 20 Steps for Starting a Farmers' Market Salad Bar 2 pages
RUSD Nutrition Services Website videos and information on their Farmers Market Salad Bar Program.
RUSD Nutrition Services Website videos and information on their Farmers Market Salad Bar Program.
Lunch Line Design Ideas
Lunch Line Redesign from the NY Times Lunch Line Redesign PDF image
Channel One Video goes undercover to document a lunch line redesign in a middle school.
Part One for a quick summary start watching from the 3 minute mark
Part Two for a quick summary start watching from the 2 minute mark
Lunch Line Redesign from the NY Times Lunch Line Redesign PDF image
Channel One Video goes undercover to document a lunch line redesign in a middle school.
Part One for a quick summary start watching from the 3 minute mark
Part Two for a quick summary start watching from the 2 minute mark
Serving School Garden Grown Produce in the Cafeteria
View the following on our School Garden Grown Produce Page
View the following on our School Garden Grown Produce Page
- tips for food safety in the garden
- management bulletins on purchasing school garden produce and supplies using food service funds
- sample school garden produce use policy from other districts/regions
- sample wellness policy language to link school garden food to cafeteria
Taste Testing Forms and Resources for Evaluating Recipes
- Rate the Taste Chart Taken from Children’s Power Play for 4th-5th Graders
- Life Lab’s Vegetable Judging Form
- Life Lab's Comparative Tasting Form Download
- Kids Cook Farm Fresh Comparative Tasting Format
- CookingWithKids.net Extensive Resources on Taste Testing with Kids
- Taste Testing and Evaluating Recipes Resources from Team Nutrition
Resources for Teachers and Nutrition Educators
Food Preparation Methodology and hints for cooking in the classroomKids Cook Farm Fresh - Suggestions for Success - tips on cooking in the classroom
Cooking Methods in the Classroom Hayward Unified School District's Project EAT suggests different ways to run cooking lessons in the classroom
Classroom Cooking Box Supply List from Gault School, Santa Cruz, CA
Crockpot Cooking Tips ideas for cooking in your classroom with a crockpot
Solar Cooking, cook in the garden using the sun. Learn to make an oven or buy a cooker
Recipes and Lessons
Healthy Recipes from the Network for a Healthy California
Kids Cook Farm Fresh Seasonal recipes, activities & farm profiles that teach ecological responsibility.
Fruit Salad Math Detailed Worksheet
Food Safety from Garden to Classroom
Glo Germ activity helps to teach handwashing
CFAITC's Food Safety Guide this unit provides fifth through seventh graders a better understanding of food safety through real-life examples and enjoyable activities.
Blunt tipped knives are a good option for students prepping food in the garden or classroom
Safe Handling of Fruits and Vegetables Brochure
http://wifss.ucdavis.edu/outreach.php
Food Safety Tips From Your Edible Home Garden Brochure http://wifss.ucdavis.edu/outreach.php
Food Safety Music Videos http://foodsafe.ucdavis.edu/html/home.html With a few clicks you can be on your way learning (and hearing) about food safety through song and video. It's all here for you - 27 downloadable songs, Powerpoint slide presentations with accompanying lyrics and clip-art, lyric files.
TWIGS Safe and Clean lesson plan that discusses kitchen safety and cleanliness
Knife use Skills and Instructions
Best Practice for Handling Fresh Produce in Schools from the USDA and the National Food Safety Food Service Management Institute.
Food Safety Tips From Your Edible Home Garden Brochure http://wifss.ucdavis.edu/outreach.php
Food Safety Music Videos http://foodsafe.ucdavis.edu/html/home.html With a few clicks you can be on your way learning (and hearing) about food safety through song and video. It's all here for you - 27 downloadable songs, Powerpoint slide presentations with accompanying lyrics and clip-art, lyric files.
TWIGS Safe and Clean lesson plan that discusses kitchen safety and cleanliness
Knife use Skills and Instructions
Best Practice for Handling Fresh Produce in Schools from the USDA and the National Food Safety Food Service Management Institute.
Serving School Garden Grown Produce in the Cafeteria
View the following on our School Garden Grown Produce Page
View the following on our School Garden Grown Produce Page
- tips for food safety in the garden
- management bulletins on purchasing school garden produce and supplies using food service funds
- sample school garden produce use policy from other districts/regions
- sample wellness policy language to link school garden food to cafeteria
Taste Testing Forms and Resources for Evaluating Recipes
- Rate the Taste Chart Taken from Children’s Power Play for 4th-5th Graders
- Life Lab’s Vegetable Judging Form
- Life Lab's Comparative Tasting Form Download
- Kids Cook Farm Fresh Comparative Tasting Format
- CookingWithKids.net Extensive Resources on Taste Testing with Kids
- Taste Testing and Evaluating Recipes Resources from Team Nutrition