| Maine School Nutrition Association |
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| MSNA NEEDS YOUR HELP! *Do you love spending time with people who do what you do? *Are you certified with SNA? *Do you enjoy the courses and workshops MSNA has offered you? *Would you like to see our association continue for new members coming in? *Would you like to play a part in the success of our awesome association? Consider becoming a part of our association board. There are many committees and jobs where you can share your skills and expertise to make us the best association ever! |
| Check out our CALENDAR page for new events & forms! New Regulations Released Click here for USDA information New Links on our Resources Page! Michelle Obama's New Chef to Schools Coalition Now you can register your school to sign up for the Chefs to Schools program. You can count on menu ideas, recipes and training. Bring positive ideas into your program that parents and school staff will love. Visit the new Chefs to Schools website for more information You Tube video - Hunger Hits Home |
| DO THE NEW USDA REGULATIONS MAKE SENSE TO YOU? So you've heard about the changes that are coming down the pike, but do you really know what it means to your program? SNA has put together a comparison of the old regulations and the new that makes it easier to decipher than reading th 280 page document. We've posted it here for your convenience. Click here to download the document in pfd form. MSNA conference planners are already working to make the FALL conference a success. Save the date! |
Food Insecurity article from USDA Under Secretary Concannon Cites Important Role of Nutrition Assistance Programs as U.S. Economy Recovers from Recession Do you have any photos of your program that you would like others to see? Email aarloro@rsu21.net If you are a Maine SNA member there is a new resource on the SNA website. It is a sample letter to parents explaining the new meal pattern. Log into the National SNA website, click on Publications, Tray Talk and you will see "NEW" Sample letter to parents about the new meal pattern. |
| Two week cycle breakfast and lunch menus that will meet the new meal patterns as well as the nutrient analyses for the menus. This project was to demonstrate how dairy, including flavored milk, cheese and yogurt, may be included in school menus and meet nutrition guidelines. These menus are now posted on the NDC website in the School Nutrition section under Child Nutrition tab or click here here for www.nationaldairycouncil.org/SampleSchoolMenus. |
| New Meal Pattern Compliance Q & A Click here for document FARM TO SCHOOL GRANTS OF UP TO $100,000 FROM THE USDA SEE OUR GRANTS PAGE |
A reminder that the Competitive Food Comment Period is coming to a close on April 9, 2013. Get your comments in!! Help us in providing healthy school meals each day. Contact your Senators and Member of Congress and ask them to cosponsor S. 427 or H.R. 1303. For a form letter that you can send or revise and send, click http://capwiz.com/asfsa/issues/alert/?alertid=62541546]here |
| Introducing your 2012 - 2013 Maine SNA President Ellen Demmons U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “The School Day Just Got Healthier” campaign in underway! This school year, there will be great, healthy changes to school meals, and we want to make sure that parents, students, and schools are ready for those changes – and we need your help! Click here for the letter from USDA to the Northeast Offer VS Serve Production Records Safety in the Kitchen Contact Ellen Demmons for more information Registration is open for three upcoming training sessions at the National Food Service Management Institute (NFSMI) in Oxford, Mississippi. Once again, NFSMI is offering training sessions at the Institute in Oxford, Mississippi that will help you make the most of your travel dollars. All child nutrition professionals can attend one or all of the NFSMI training sessions offered during the last week of December. Registration and participant materials are free for each session. Registration is simple. Sign up online, fax, or mail your registration form to NFSMI. Space is limited, so reserve your seat early. APRIL 2013 Inventory Management/Norovirus/Meeting Children's Special Food & Nutrition Needs – April 10-11 NFSMI delivers training on a wide range of topics for child nutrition program professionals working in school nutrition and child care settings. To learn more about what NFSMI can do for you, or to ask questions about these training sessions, call 800-321-3054 to speak to a member of the training team or go to www.nfsmi.org. |
