Heather Baril is
the food service director at the North Attleboro School District.
«April seamlessly coordinates the Market — the families coming through, volunteers handing out food, and many student volunteers serving as «runners» for those needing extra help,» said Dina Wiroll,
Food Service Director at Assabet Valley Regional Technical School District.
The suggestion about saving money by making some things from scratch came from Kathy Irion,
the food service director at the Arlington Vermont schools.
Young people are notoriously picky eaters, but that is not enough to stop Eloise Sopka,
food service director at Century Junior High in Orland Park, from trying to tempt their taste buds while also offering them healthy foods.
Lynne Shore,
Food Service Director at the Willamina School District, OR, has been recognized for her work providing students healthy and unique school meals for over 30 years.
Janis Groomes,
food service director at Northport Public Schools, knows the power of school gardens to get kids interested in eating fruits and vegetables, even ones that are unusual...
Overseeing the selection process was the chairperson of the International Gold & Silver Plate Society, Julie Stewart,
Food Service Director at SAS.
In fact,
the food service director at each school tracks «the foods that are eaten and not eaten» to help create future menu offerings, Moore says.
Another of our favorite pieces is from August 2012; read our interview with Jessica Shelly,
Food Services Director at Des Moines Public Schools, to learn about how reimbursable vending machines changed the school breakfast landscape.
Not exact matches
Prior to Avanti, Mr. Scal served as Executive Vice President and a member of the board of
directors of CamelBak Products LLC, an outdoor equipment company, Senior Vice President
at Kransco Partners LLP, a private equity firm,
Director of Business Development
at Kransco Group Companies, a toy company,
Director of Development
at Visa International, a financial
services company, Product Manager
at General Mills, a
food products company, and as an analyst
at Cambridge Associates.
The Salvation Army's
director for community
services, Tony Daniels said: «Staff and volunteers
at our churches and social centres across the UK have seen growing numbers of individuals and families on low incomes who are struggling to put
food on the table or keep a roof over their heads.
Formerly the executive chef /
director of
food and beverage for Concord's award - winning Renaissance Raleigh Hotel, Wendel will assume responsibility for the continued evolution of the culinary programs
at the company's 14 full
service and 84 select
service hotels.
Matt was previously the opening Bar
Director at Cultura Comida y Bebida,
Food & Beverage
Director at Big Sur Roadhouse, General Manager of Big Sur Bakery, and the
Director of
Food Service Operations
at the Esalen Institute.
When Misti Figueroa made the career switch from restaurant chef to
Food Service Director for Cardinal Ritter High School in Indiana, she discovered the lunch menu was, well, «simplistic»
at best.
In addition to the panel discussion, The Big Plastics Debate will also include an interactive Q&A session with all of the panelists, plus presentations from host Martin Kersh, Executive
Director at The
Food Service Packaging Association and keynote speaker, Iceland's Ian Schofield.
Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive
Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and
Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of
Directors, Nestlé Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan,
Director General, International
Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing
Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and
Director,
Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for
Food and Agriculture Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting
Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Senior
Food Analyst
at NBC News and former U.S. White House Chef Michael La Cour, Managing
Director, IKEA
Food Services AB Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and
Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing
Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa
Dr Yordan Voynov was announced as the newly appointed
director, along with his deputies Dr Tencho Tenchev, chief health safety inspector
at the Health Ministry; Dr Ventsislava Taseva, head of the Agriculture Ministry's Directorate for
Food Safety; and Anton Velichkov, Head of the Agriculture Ministry's Plant Protection
Service.
«We are trying to help them learn to make healthy
food choices while still offering them a wide selection of breakfast and lunch items,» said Ruth Jonen,
director of
food service at Palatine Township High School District 211.
At the meeting Jamie meets Pavel Matustik, the
food services director for Santa Clara Valley USD.
February 15, 2012 (Wednesday): Buying the Right Produce
at the Right Price — Experts from the USDA and a
food service director will discuss quality, condition, and grade standards in this 75 - minute webinar.
Jody Houston is the
director of
food services at Corpus Christi ISD, and a 2016 School Nutrition Hero.
We discussed the final regulations, and how the new standards differ from current requirements, with moderator Cindy Brooks, Chair of the School Nutrition Association Public Policy & Legislation Committee and guest speakers Sam Kass (White House Assistant Chef, Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy
Food Initiatives), Dr. Janey Thornton, PhD, SNS (Deputy Under Secretary for
Food, Nutrition, and Consumer
Services at USDA), and Melissa Rothstein (Deputy
Director, Child Nutrition Programs
at USDA).
Lindsey worked previously
at DC Central Kitchen as the
Director of Nutrition and Community Outreach, doing a mix of school
food service work and community nutrition.
At the meeting Hays attended, school
food service directors showed a slide show on the mechanics of the National School Lunch Program, which involves an array of government agencies, funding structures and rules.
Ronda McCullick, the
Director of
Food Services, said that this new method of reaching students is making great progress — one knock
at a time!
Snohomish / Skagit Counties, October 2011 School
food service directors and staff, and area farmers met
at Presidents Elementary in Arlington School District, and took a bus out to visit Garden Treasures and Ralph's Greenhouse farms.
Important details: To apply for an AASA mini-grant, the school district superintendent must be a member of AASA; proposed schools must have 50 percent or greater free / reduced eligibility, and average breakfast participation must be
at or below 40 percent; written support from superintendent, district
food service director, and principals are required.
And if you're a layperson like me, I also recommend taking a look
at the slides for this 2012 School Nutrition Association presentation by two
food service directors, just to get a taste of the struggles districts face in handling this delicate issue and the costs they incur both in lost meal charges in trying to collect on delinquent accounts.
In my opinion, not much
at the present time, given the incentives that drive Big
Food and some food service directors into each other's arms, as well as the food industry's influence over the SNA and Congr
Food and some
food service directors into each other's arms, as well as the food industry's influence over the SNA and Congr
food service directors into each other's arms, as well as the
food industry's influence over the SNA and Congr
food industry's influence over the SNA and Congress.
If that's the case, then all of the above might be better directed
at your district's
Food Services Director (or «Student Nutrition
Director» — the title may vary) than the principal.
Tanner left the world of managing retirement portfolios in pursuit of something that would leave «a different kind of legacy,» enrolling as a
food policy grad student
at New York University with the intention of becoming a school
food services director.
Another mom and I did workshops
at each school to teach the students how to use them and why they should be so excited... But unfortunately, the
food service director «fired» our volunteer committee, saying that we didn't adequately represent the parent population we were ultimately serving.
Although the
food service director likely has no control over the cafeteria time allotment, he / she might be able to point to other barriers that make lengthening the lunch difficult (ratio of students: cafeteria size etc., budget for labor) 6) Schedule a meeting with the school principal and share your concerns and ask how you might help to arrive
at a solution.
At one of the first meetings I had with the district
food services director, she stated that she was hired to make money.
When Misti Figueroa made the career switch from restaurant chef to
Food Service Director for Cardinal Ritter High School in Indiana, she discovered the lunch menu was, well, «simplistic»
at best.
We have brought down the fat, the sugar, the salt in all of our recipes; and we do n`t offer any
food for sale in our cafeterias that does n`t meet
at least 5 percent of the recommended daily allowance for one of the eight major nutrients, «says
food service director Sue MacDonald of northwest suburban Township High School District 214.
I recently spent 90 minutes in a meeting discussing
food allergies and how it impacts students
at DU with the Vice Chancellor of Campus Life, Dr. Lili Rodriguez, Dining
Services Resident District Manager, Ira Simon, and the DU Communications
Director, Elise Chester (who has a two year old son with severe peanut allergies!)
His life in the
food service industry took a big turn four years ago when he became foodservice
director and head basketball coach
at Mesabi East Independent School District in Aurora, Minn..
At Dorchester County School District 2 in Summerville, South Carolina, for instance, Nutrition and
Food Service Director Debi Filomarino ensures that users are aware that her district charges $ 30 an hour for a member of her staff to supervise the kitchen outside regular school hours.
Food service directors reported uneven progress toward district - wide compliance with the Smart Snacks in School nutrition standards, which govern items sold in cafeteria a la carte lines, vending machines, snack bars, and
at fundraisers.
«When the regulations came out, we were really well - positioned,» said Lesa Tieszen, channel marketing
director for
food service at General Mills» headquarters in Minneapolis.
This is where I am
at now, board meeting is coming up and I have all my questions ready to go... problem is that I will probably not get any of the answers, and processed
foods will come back in full force because they feel that is the solution to the financial loss since the
food service director has painted the picture that way.
The final, signed letter was sent yesterday to the SNA board by Miguel Villarreal,
director of
food and nutrition
services for the Novato Unified School District in Novato, California, and Allyson Mrachek, nutrition supervisor
at Fayetteville Public Schools in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
I'm pleased to report that
at our last Houston ISD
Food Services Parent Advisory Committee meeting, our food services director told me that these panini bars and other meal «concept» lines are now (with the exception of four high schools) available to all Houston kids, regardless of socioeconomic le
Food Services Parent Advisory Committee meeting, our food services director told me that these panini bars and other meal «concept» lines are now (with the exception of four high schools) available to all Houston kids, regardless of socioeconomi
Services Parent Advisory Committee meeting, our
food services director told me that these panini bars and other meal «concept» lines are now (with the exception of four high schools) available to all Houston kids, regardless of socioeconomic le
food services director told me that these panini bars and other meal «concept» lines are now (with the exception of four high schools) available to all Houston kids, regardless of socioeconomi
services director told me that these panini bars and other meal «concept» lines are now (with the exception of four high schools) available to all Houston kids, regardless of socioeconomic level.
I am a
food service director in a small school in the adk's of ny and we haven't served flavored milk
at all this year for the very reasons that you are stating.
«Studies show that students who eat breakfast
at school also have a better attendance rate and tend to behave better,» said Scott Wolfe
Food Service Director,
at Southern.
«Milk and calcium are a focus for us
at both breakfast and lunch,» said Lauren Hummel, District 211
director of
food service.
Guest speaker: Cindy Long,
Director, Child Nutrition Division for
Food and Nutrition
Service at USDA
Having read Dana and Justin's comments, I'm reminded of how important it is to keep in mind the complexity of running a school
food program before dashing into the office of a Food Service Director and demanding to see the same food that's being served at another sch
food program before dashing into the office of a
Food Service Director and demanding to see the same food that's being served at another sch
Food Service Director and demanding to see the same
food that's being served at another sch
food that's being served
at another school.
I spent 20 + years, mostly
at the Manager and GM level of restaurants (no fast
food types) prior to then spending 16 years as a Food Service Director for school distri
food types) prior to then spending 16 years as a
Food Service Director for school distri
Food Service Director for school districts.