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#ANC23 Registration is Open!
Registration for #ANC23 is Now Open! Registration is officially open for SNA’s Annual National Conference (ANC). Join your peers from…
Submit Your Comments on Proposed Nutrition Standards
The USDA last month released proposed long-term nutrition standards for school meal programs. Among other provisions, the proposal phases in…
SN Magazine: The Second Annual Food Issue
Let’s talk about food for second or two. Yes, we know—considering we’re all professionals working in the school nutrition field,…
New Leadership Elected for SNAÂ Â
Some great leadership talent will be stepping up to lead the association in the years ahead for the SNA Board of Directors, Industry Advisory Council, and the Leadership Development Committee. Our school nutrition programs face challenges on many fronts and your SNA leaders provide direction and lead action to protect and strengthen programs for the children you serve.Â
SN Plus: A Tale of Two Innovations
Sages insist that necessity is the mother of invention, but we’d argue that it’s just as easily born of a…
School Nutrition Professionals to Urge Congress for Support at Legislative Action Conference
More than 800 school nutrition professionals from across the country are headed to Washington, D.C. to urge Congress to support school meal programs, facing critical economic and regulatory challenges. Participants in аIJʿª½±½á¹û’s (SNA) 51st annual Legislative Action Conference (LAC) will meet with legislators to request more funds, the ability to offer free school meals for all students and the preservation of current school nutrition standards.
The 2023 SNA Election is Now Open
The polls are now open in the SNA national leadership election!  As an SNA member, voting is your chance to…
2023 Election: Voting Opens Next Week
Voting for SNA’s 2023 election opens next week on Wednesday, February 15. As an SNA member, voting is your chance…
SNA Announces Josephine Martin National Policy Fellow and LAC Scholarship Winners
The School Nutrition Foundation (SNF) is pleased to announce the 2023 Josephine Martin National Policy Fellow, Bonnie Gassett, Food Services Area Supervisor for Virginia Beach City (Va.) Public Schools.
SN Plus: Face Down Field Trip Frustrations
School field trips are among the most vivid memories students carry away from their K-12 years, but these unique educational…
USDA Releases Proposed Long-Term Nutrition StandardsÂ
USDA Releases Proposed Long-Term Nutrition Standards USDA has released proposed long-term nutrition standards for school meals. The proposed rule –Child…
SNA Urges USDA to Maintain Current School Meal Rules
аIJʿª½±½á¹û (SNA) is urging USDA to maintain current school nutrition standards rather than implement newly proposed rules that are unachievable for most schools nationwide.