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More Than Just a Lunch Lady: School Nutrition Professionals and the Expertise Behind School Meals
If you work in school nutrition, you know most of your work happens long before students reach the serving line. You’re juggling menus, shortages, special diets, staffing, and still finding a way to make students smile. When most people think of school nutrition, they...
Beyond the Cafeteria: Expanding the Reach of Nutrition Education
School nutrition programs do more than just serve meals. They support student success by helping students build healthy habits and teaching valuable lessons about food, nutrition, and wellness. With support from teachers, administrators, and families, these programs...
The Gift of Feedback Webinar Recap: Tools for Stronger School Nutrition Teams
Feedback is happening all day in school nutrition. It shows up in the rush of the serving line, in quick comments between school nutrition teams, in a student’s reaction to a new meal, and in those small moments when something misses the mark and you need to address...
Jenna Morris: From K-12 Menu Planner to Marketing Coordinator
From Health-e Pro emails and blog posts to social media content, Jenna’s work reaches K-12 school nutrition professionals in many different ways. As Health-e Pro’s Marketing Coordinator, she’s part of the team that creates helpful and engaging content for K–12 school...
Sharla Howerton: K-12 School Nutrition Expert at Health-e Pro
With nine years of school nutrition experience, Sharla Howerton, Health-e Pro’s Key Accounts Manager and K-12 school nutrition expert, is now helping districts and vendors get more from Health-e Pro every day. On paper, a degree in theatre and a career in school...
Megan Claysen: From Research Dietitian to School Nutrition Expert
We’re excited to introduce Megan Claysen, MS, RD, LDN, Health-e Pro’s Midwest Regional Sales Manager. If you’ve stopped by our booth at a Midwest show this year, there’s a good chance you’ve already met her. She brings real-world school nutrition experience, a...
Scratch vs. Speed Scratch Cooking in School Nutrition Programs
School nutrition programs are moving away from highly processed foods and toward more scratch and speed scratch cooking. Students and families are asking for tasty, less processed meals, and school nutrition programs are finding ways to make that happen. Scratch...
AI in School Nutrition Webinar Recap: What It Can Do, What It Can’t, and What’s Next
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere right now, and school nutrition teams are all asking the same questions: Can it build a compliant menu? Can it write standardized recipes that credit correctly? Can it really save time, or does it introduce new risks? In...
Marketing Cycle Menus – How to Build Excitement and Boost Participation in Your School Nutrition Program
You’ve built your cycle menu, evolved it, and made it work for your program. Now comes the next step: marketing it. A cycle menu is more than just a schedule of meals. It’s one of the strongest communication tools in your school nutrition program. Each cycle is a...
Protein is the New Pancake: A School Breakfast Movement
When picturing a traditional school breakfast, pancakes or sugary cereal may come to mind. Grain-based items have always been popular in school cafeterias, and many of them are still being served today. At the same time, schools are expanding their menus to include...