Resource type
Toolkits
| Tools for Schools | Smart Snacks | Reducing Sodium | Serving Whole Grain-Rich |
Kids eat more fruits and vegetables, when more fruits and vegetables are offered. A recent Harvard study reported that, under the updated standards for school meals, kids are now eating 16 percent more vegetables and 23 percent more fruit at lunch. During School Year 2014-2015, schools will start to offer more fruits at breakfast. Find information below on how your school can meet meal pattern requirements in ways that boost student acceptance of fruit and vegetable offerings.
Resource Materials
- Best Practices: Handling Fresh Produce in Schools (Institute of Child Nutrition)
- Dig In! Standards-Based Nutrition Education from the Group Up
- Farm to School Resources
- The Great Garden Detective Adventure: A Standards-Based Gardening Nutrition Curriculum
- Grow It, Try It, Like It!
- MyPlate for Kids: Make Half Your Plate Fruits and Vegetables Poster
- Nutrition Voyage: The Quest to Be Our Best - The Path to Fruits and Vegetables
- Produce Safety Resources (Institute of Child Nutrition)
- Serving Up MyPlate: A Yummy Curriculum
- Vary your veggies tip sheet
- Fruit tip sheet
- Enjoy vegetarian and vegan meals tip sheet
- Heathy eating for kids tip sheet
- Enjoy vegetarian and vegan meals tip sheet
- Grocery shopping tip sheet
- Vital Signs: Progress on Children Eating More Fruits, Not Vegetables (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)