Resources & Publications >> Knowledge

• A summary of program areas and activities of School Food FOCUS [PDF]

• Resource Guide for Changing School Food Procurement [PDF] created for our Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) Mentorship Program

• Chicken

• Maximizing Government Resources
  • Using Geographic Preference: What You Need to Know to Bring More Local Food to Your School [PDF] (From National Farm to Cafeteria Conference, August 2012)
  • One-Stop Shop for Product Specs [PDF]: Provision 242 of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act and using USDA Food Connect

• Science briefs
  • Bread science brief

• School Food 101:A series of educational briefs designed to explain various aspects of school food for a wide audience, including parents, teachers, legislators, and journalists.
  • The Cost of School Lunch: color and greyscale [PDF]
  • USDA Commodity Foods in School Lunch: color and greyscale [PDF]
  • The National School Lunch Program: color [PDF]

• Videos
  • Video from the 2011 National Gathering
  • Video from the 2010 National Gathering

• Webinars
  • One-Stop Shop for Product Specs [PDF]: Provision 242 of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act and using USDA Food Connect
  • Antibiotic Use in Poultry Production: Human Health Impacts and What School Food Service Can Do
  • School Food 101 [ZIP]: for those ‘green’ to the school food landscape who want to know more so they can effect lasting change in school meals.
  • FOCUS-wide virtual meeting 01.20.10 final