SNA Research on the issues and trends impacting school nutrition
like SNA's trends and operations reports, The Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, and the Little Big Fact Book.
School nutrition programs have developed comprehensive and sophisticated social media marketing campaigns, and professional organizations
like SNA and SNF are committed to staying on the cutting edge by providing members with access to social media expertise.
You can follow friends, strangers, celebrities, your favorite sports teams, and your favorite organizations (
like SNA and SNF!).
«I feel
like SNA has opened up opportunities for me to get to know people, people who live many states away, but do the same thing that I do,» said Keshia.
But will Congress pay attention to ordinary Americans» support for strong school food standards, or will their voices be drowned out by lobbyists and powerful organizations
like the SNA?
Not exact matches
So I hope you can understand that people
like me, watching
SNA from the outside, can only take our cues from the organization's behavior.
«I've held local positions with our Charlotte County
SNA, and in the future I'd
like to pursue state - level [involvement], but I have to finish my master's degree first — I have a lot on my plate!»
Reports
like this will be critical in fighting back against
SNA's high powered lobbyists, who are already gearing up to weaken meal standards during the upcoming Child Nutrition Reauthorization in Congress.
Before we send March out
like a lamb, we wanted to take a moment to look back at some of our favorite moments from LAC 2016 in Washington, D.C.
SNA's 2016 Legislative Action Conference was held February 28 through March... Continue reading →
«I do a lot of the marketing, and joining [
SNA] myself gave me access to marketing materials —
like National School Lunch Week and National School Breakfast Week — and other members - only resources.»
Pointing out that the new professional standards will mean more school nutrition professionals pursing a college degree, Anderberg said there is no time
like the present to consider going back to school — and
SNA is there to help.
We have over $ 30,000 in funds available to help
SNA members
like you achieve their personal and professional goals.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that over 95 percent of districts are now meeting the standards, which sounds
like a resounding success, but to bolster its own campaign to roll back reforms, the School Nutrition Association (
SNA) has tended to emphasize all the obstacles districts reportedly face, from lost revenue to increased food waste.
That bizarre scenario was all I could think of when I received an email yesterday from the School Nutrition Association (
SNA), relaying
SNA president Julia Bauscher's refutation of a new, peer - reviewed study in Childhood Obesity finding that kids actually
like the healthier school food mandated by the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA).
But developments
like the past presidents» letter, press reports
like the ones above, and now - frequent discussions in the media of the organization's ties to Big Food, all may leave the
SNA wishing it never picked this food fight in the first place.
It was his involvement in the Institute, as well as urging from colleagues
like Kevin Fowler and Penny McConnell, which prompted Holben to join
SNA.
As a current member of
SNA, I am curious to why two non
SNA members would create a petition
like this and encourage
SNA members to sign it?
This letter is simply another way for
like - minded
SNA members to express that same concern.
You never feel alone in
SNA — you feel
like you have a huge family to help you with anything you need.»
Over and over again we hear School Nutrition Association members say things
like, «If it weren't for my director, I wouldn't have applied for my scholarship,» and «My manager told me about
SNA, and encouraged me to become a member.»
But now a survey conducted by
SNA's own ally clearly identifies a «concern» of fully three - quarters of the school food professionals surveyed: they would
like more funding for healthier school meals.
The
SNA and its members only continue losing respect from educated citizens with comments
like yours, Donna.
With efforts
like «Are You an
SNA Member Who Supports Healthier School Food?
While Bettina and I are not
SNA members, we are long - time, vocal advocates of healthier school food, and have gotten to know
like - minded school food professionals around the nation.
An
SNA member for the last decade, Bradford joined the association when she became a cafeteria manager, and says SNF scholarships are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the resources available to members
like herself.
Many of my fellow food advocates have pointed to the fact that the
SNA takes a significant amount of money from corporate «patrons»
like ConAgra and PepsiCo, and they therefore allege that
SNA's entire effort is being directed by Big Food.
However, instead of offering struggling school districts more resources
like needed equipment, training and technical assistance, Congressional Republicans, prodded by the
SNA and their cronies in the food and drink industry, decided to offer them a waiver.
Specifically, the
SNA is asking to: keep the level of whole grains in the total number of grain foods served at 25 %; avoid further reductions in sodium; eliminate the requirement that kids take fruit or a vegetable with their meal (returning to the old system in which kids could — and often did — pass up those healthful foods); and allow schools to sell on a daily basis a la carte items
like pizza and fries, as opposed to the current plan which would allow these items to be sold only on the same day they appeared on the main lunch line.
SNA President Bauscher kept emphasizing the need to supply kids with white flour «regional favorites,»
like biscuits in the South and white flour tortillas in the Southwest, as a justification for significantly weakening the current whole grain standard.
Finally, if you are a past or current
SNA member and would
like to stand with these 86 brave men and women, Nancy and I have created a nearly identical version of the letter which now speaks to the upcoming CNR.
In the meantime, if you're a current or former
SNA member who would
like to join the 86 food service directors who've spoken out against
SNA's legislative agenda, you can sign this version of the open letter, which has been slightly edited to address the upcoming Child Nutrition Reauthorization.
Schools nationwide should be able to make exceptions
like these when planning menus, which is why
SNA is seeking reasonable flexibility.
I didn't doubt the sincerity of the speakers or the accuracy of the data they presented, but,
like many school food advocates, I continue to be disappointed that
SNA seeks a roll - back of healthier meal standards as the solution.
If these 86 members of
SNA would
like to share their success, maybe program operators would be more supportive of the stringent guidelines.
But when we're talking about rolling back a requirement that kids take fruit / veg with their meal, and instead go back to the «beige old days,» or when we're talking about reinstating the ability of schools to easily sell a la carte items
like pizza every single day (instead of tying such sales to the menu on the reimbursable line), that is a per se «weakening» of nutrition standards — regardless of how pure
SNA's motives may be in asking for those changes.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports that over 95 percent of districts are now meeting the standards, which sounds
like a resounding success, but to bolster its own campaign to roll back reforms, the School Nutrition Association (
SNA) has tended to emphasize all the obstacles districts reportedly face, from lost revenue to increased food waste.
In addition to
SNA generated research, we want to connect you to relevant information and research by external sources
like USDA, CDC, and ICN, to help you manage, operate and promote the healthy meals your school nutrition program provides to students.
Groups
like the School Nutrition Association (
SNA), National School Boards Association and The School Superintendents Association have been pushing Congress to loosen some of the requirements, pointing out that the new standards are costly to implement.
You can even apply
SNA to all sorts of public data on the WWW —
like book purchases on Amazon: