Events, Trainings and Resources
If your CE has not yet completed the biannual Texas Farm Fresh Survey, today is your last day to do so! Child nutrition directors were emailed an invitation to take the survey This survey collects information about CE purchases of Texas-grown foods and Farm Fresh educational activities conducted with NSLP program participants. For questions regarding the survey, please contact FarmFresh@TexasAgriculture.gov
Summer Materials Are On the Way To Assist With School's Meeting USDA Requirement
The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) is still in the process of sending posters (3 per school) and parent information cards (1 per enrolled student) to every school food authority (SFA) in Texas to assist them in fulfilling a National School Lunch Program requirement to notify students and their families about the availability of summer meals. The posters must be displayed on campus and the parent information cards must be distributed to each student immediately upon the shipment’s arrival.
Promotional items ordered online, such as cafeteria posters, participation charts, and stickers, should be arriving or have arrived at the location address provided at the time of ordering. Make sure your school’s front office knows you are expecting packages.
Effective January 2024, the FDP Module in TX-UNPS is changing to WBSCM. Effective January 2024, the FDP Module in TX-UNPS is changing to WBSCM.
Team Nutrition, in partnership with the Culinary Institute of Child Nutrition (CICN), has released several new and updated culinary trainings, webinars, and recipes to provide school nutrition professionals with the tools to create scratch-based, healthy, student-approved school meals.
Looking to add mandarins, lychee, or sorghum to your menu? Checkout the new food yield data in the updated FBG to assist in your menu planning and purchasing. FBG resources are available in an interactive web-based tool, mobile app, or downloadable PDF linked in the title above.
Please join TDA in sending a Texas-sized congratulations to the 2022 Turnip the Beet Winners! This award recognizes sponsors within the Summer Food Service Program and the National School Lunch Program Seamless Summer Option that go above and beyond program requirements to serve high-quality meals to children during the summer months. This year, USDA Food and Nutrition Services awarded 27% of the total awards to 26 Texan sponsors! For more information and/or to apply for a Turnip the Beet 2023 award, visit the link in the title above.
New capabilities for director and manager users are now available on the Professional Standards Training Tracker Tool (PSTTT). Team Nutrition appreciates receiving user feedback about the PSTTT and works continuously to enhance the online tool.
Click the link in the title above to check out TDA's current employment opportunities.
Team Nutrition, in partnership with the Culinary Institute of Child Nutrition (CICN), is excited to present the availability of new resources! The CICN is the division of the Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN) that provides school nutrition professionals with in-depth, hands-on culinary training and resources that are foundational for scratch-based cooking and the creation of culinary-inspired school meals that are healthy, flavorful, and student-approved!
