New School Meals – What’s the Scoop and How Can You Help?

New School Meals – What’s the Scoop and How Can You Help?

Speakers: Katherine Bishop, MS, MPH, Center for Science in the

Public Interest; Cindy Long, MPA, Food and Nutrition Service,

USDA; and Katrina Wiest, Bend LaPine Schools Nutrition Services

Moderator: Tracy Fox, MPH, RD, Nutrition and Policy Consultants,

LLC

This session provides an update on the state of national

school meal standards. Panelists explores how the standards

affect states and localities and how to build on these national

developments to continue to improve school nutrition

environments. It will provide ideas for state and local options

to support implementation of the standards and continue to

improve school meals. Panelists will share the national and

local perspective on the standards and how to make them

work.

Organized by Nutrition Education for Children Division

and Advisory Committee of Public Policy.