The Smarter Lunchrooms Movement National Office has recently released a new online tool that allows users to fill out the Smarter Lunchrooms 60 Point Scorecard on any device. Users can easily enter and store information and images to track progress …
Smarter Lunchrooms National Office curriculum designer Erin Sharp (M.S., M.A.T.) presents the exciting recent resources developed to support the strategies of the Smarter Lunchrooms Movement (K-12) and Smarter Mealtimes Movement (early childhood education), all available for free on SmarterLunchrooms.org. …
The results are in: Smarter Lunchrooms strategies can have a big impact on fruit and vegetable consumption — just ask the Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) Staff of the Martin County, FL School District! During the 2016/17 school year, Registered …
On an early fall day in September, 450 students at Washington Grove Elementary School learned first-hand what locally grown Maryland apples taste like—and the verdict is, “delicious!”
As part of Maryland’s Homegrown School Lunch week, Montgomery County SNAP-Ed educators brought …
Despite some negative press surrounding the new nutrition standards in school meal programs, many schools have seen a positive impact on plate waste and student consumption of healthful foods. Many changes to school meals were implemented in 2012 following the …
Schools that are learning about Smarter Lunchrooms for the first time often find that they are already implementing many of the recommended techniques in their cafeterias. Formal Smarter Lunchrooms trainings for cafeteria staff, often taught in conjunction with the local …
The Smarter Lunchrooms Scorecard is comprised of 60 strategies for designing a school lunchroom environment that encourages selection and consumption of healthy foods. The Scorecard is based on years of behavioral science research conducted in schools and in other dining …
The Smarter Lunchroom Movement has diffused widely and rapidly in California. To support this movement, community and health professionals are developing and building more robust resources and guidance to school food service staff for an even healthier school food environment. …
There are two forms of school food dining operations across the United States: Self-Operated, and Food Service Providers. Self-Operated operations are run by the school or district. Therefore, there is much greater freedom in developing menus and designing and arranging …
You have completed the Smarter Lunchrooms Scorecard and have identified goals for improving your cafeteria service. The main areas of concern are to build student involvement, develop creative menu names and to label food offerings on the service line to …
