Resources
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The Lunch Box’s Resources section is the central library for all resource tools developed by The Lunch Box team and those shared by other School Food experts around the country. It is a wellspring of tools including evaluations, grant finding and writing tools, feasibility studies, case studies, Farm to School resources and more so you can consider and begin to take action to transform your school district’s food program from a highly processed to a scratch-cooking environment.
Featured Article
Salad Bars in the National School Lunch Program (Revised Memo)
This revision includes updates based on the revised nutrition standards for school meals and includes questions and answers.
Salad Bars in the National School Lunch Program (Revised Memo)
This revision includes updates based on the revised nutrition standards for school meals and includes questions and answers.
Sample Youth Farmers’ Market Order Form 2012
Students can use this sample form to fill in items, price, quantities, etc. in order to sell their produce.
Sample: Denver Youth Farmers’ Market Coalition Volunteer Contract
Use this sample contract to help make one for your Youth Farmers’ Market volunteers!
Garden to Cafeteria and Youth Farmers’ Market Resources brought to you by:
Slow Food Denver and Denver Urban Gardens Present:
Garden To Cafeteria & Youth Farmers’ Market Workshop
Adams County Fairgrounds, Al Lesser Building
9755 Henderson Road, Brighton, CO 80640
Feb 10, 2012, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Check out these links for more information:
Denver Urban Gardens' School Garden and Nutrition Curriculum www.dug.org
Slow Food Denver's Seed To Table School Food Program www.sfdseedtotable.org
Santa Cruz City School Food Service Assessment Executive Summary
Local Plates LLC was engaged by Santa Cruz City Schools, following an initial recommendation by
the District’s Wellness Committee, to conduct an assessment of the District’s food and nutrition
programs, with special focus on the Food Services Department. What follows are feasible
recommendations in order to assist the District in its goal of transforming from the current “heat‐
and‐serve” model to a program grounded in the practice of feeding fresh, whole foods to
students.
School Breakfast 101 from Wisconsin School Breakfast
A great fact sheet on School Breakfasts
School Breakfast in America's Big Cities 2006-2007
A case study done by the Food Research and Action Center on the performance of school breakfast programs in 19 large urban school districts. The goal was to monitor the school districts progress in increasing participation in school breakfast participation, specifically with the low-income population. Concludes that districts should prioritize increased participation in school breakfast to help reduce hunger and to support their students.
School Breakfast in America’s Big Cities: School Year 2010–2011
"Executive Summary:
This report examines the performance of school breakfast programs in 26 large urban school districts* during the 2010–2011 school year, with the goal of monitoring their progress in increasing school breakfast participation among low-income students. Given the concentration of low-incomes among students’ families in many cities, and the potential for economies of scale afforded by the large number of students, it is somewhat easier to reach children with school breakfast in large urban areas than elsewhere. Yet only half of these districts reached a majority of low-income students with the important morning nourishment they need to succeed in school.
All three districts that met FRAC’s goal of reaching at least 70 low-income children with breakfast through the School Breakfast Program for every 100 low-income children who received lunch through the National School Lunch Program have district-wide breakfast in the classroom programs. These programs, where students are offered breakfast at the beginning of the school day, have emerged as the most effective strategy to get school breakfast to the large number of students who need it. It is especially effective for large, urban schools with high concentrations of free and reduced price eligible students that can offer breakfast at no charge to all students."
By: FRAC http://frac.org/
School Breakfast Program Cost Benefit Analysis: Achieving a Profitable SBP
Heather Hilleren, MBA GreenLeaf Market
Executive Summary
Studies have shown feeding children a nutritious breakfast increases their school performance, nutrition intake, and overall health while decreasing obesity, discipline problems, and illnesses. Financially, adding a school breakfast program (SBP) creates an additional revenue stream, increases jobs, and brings outside capital into a community.
Despite these benefits, Wisconsin consistently ranks last nationally in its ability to feed children breakfast at school (School Breakfast Scorecard, 2006). Wisconsin school districts cite cost as the number one reason for not starting an SBP (Westover, 2006). This study assesses the costs associated with SBPs to determine if breakfast programs can break-even, and if so, how they can achieve profitability. Included are both urban and rural school districts that offer the three primary types of breakfast programs (standard, grab & go, and mid-morning) in their high schools. Seven school districts submitted financial reports and were interviewed to compile a financial analysis of SBPs. Although high schools form the primary focus of this study, elementary schools were included in the district financial analysis.
School Breakfast Programs: Myth vs Fact for Parents
