The Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act (HHFKA) and the introduction of the Smart Snacks guidelines left many school districts wondering how they were going to support the meal program’s bottom line without offering the a la carte foods that teenaged …
Smart Snacks Resources to Help Schools with Implementation and Environmental Change
The Smart Snacks in School standards went into effect on July 1, 2014 in an effort to improve the nutritional quality of snack foods and beverages sold outside of the school meals programs. As a result, school districts across the …
Finding Common Ground Amid Changing Standards for School Food
As issues of childhood obesity continue to make the headlines, the USDA is proposing new regulations on schools as part of the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010. One such regulation would restrict nutrition standards for competitive foods …