School nutrition professionals continue to make school meals the healthiest meals children eat in a day! To take school meals to the next level, USDA is updating the school nutrition standards after considering recommendations from the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans and listening to a diverse range of voices with experience in child nutrition and health.
Check out this database to access vendor-specific product information for all direct delivered USDA Foods for the National School Lunch Program.
Guidance, resources, best practices, and training for CACFP operators to support them in providing healthy, balanced meals and snacks to the children and adults they serve.
USDA Foods in Schools product information sheets with description and WBSCM ID for vegetables.
USDA Foods product information sheets containing USDA Foods description and WBSCM ID for fruits.
USDA Foods in Schools Foods product information sheets containing USDA Foods description and WBSCM ID for meat/meat alternates.
USDA Foods Available List for CSFP.
This factsheet reviews best practices for producers to learn about how to sell local food to schools.
Refresh your trainings during National CACFP Week.
Thirty on Thursdays webinar series is a set of interactive, skills-building webinars that focus on hot topics related to the updated CACFP meal patterns.