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Resource | Technical Assistance How to Get Your Product Considered for USDA Foods

Decision tree to help determine how to get your product considered for USDA Food distribution programs.

04/10/2024
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance National Processing Agreement Approved Processors

List of NPA approved processors for USDA Foods in Schools by school year.  

11/02/2023
Resource | Nutrition Education FDPIR Sharing Gallery: Additional Resources

This gallery features links to outside organizations that provide programming, funding, or resources specifically tailored to ITOs. These organizations often link to additional resources and can be a source to help identify partners for future nutrition-related projects or initiatives.

09/28/2023
Resource | Fact Sheets The Emergency Food Assistance Program Farm to Food Bank Project Grants

The purpose of Farm to Food Bank Projects is to (a) reduce food waste at the agricultural production, processing, or distribution level through the donation of food, (b) provide food to individuals in need, and (c) build relationships between agricultural producers, processors, and distributors and emergency feeding organizations through the donation of food.

09/15/2023
Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance USDA Dietary Patterns

The USDA Dietary Patterns were developed to help individuals carry out Dietary Guidelines recommendations.

08/17/2023
Resource | Report Thrifty Food Plan Cost Estimates for Alaska and Hawaii

The market basket costs in the Thrifty Food Plan, 2021 apply to the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia. By law, the USDA must make cost adjustments to the Thrifty Food Plan to reflect the cost of food in Alaska and Hawaii. The Thrifty Food Plan Cost Estimates for Alaska and Hawaii report provides updated estimates of the June 2022 cost of the reevaluated Thrifty Food Plan in Alaska and Hawaii.

08/03/2023
Resource | Nutrition Education How We Use the HEI

CNPP uses the Healthy Eating Index to provide a data-driven understanding of diet quality in the United States over time. The HEI-2015 can be used to see how well the diets of Americans align with the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

07/14/2023
Resource | Nutrition Education HEI Scores for Americans

CNPP uses the Healthy Eating Index to provide a data-driven understanding of diet quality in the United States over time. The HEI-2015 can be used to see how well the diets of Americans align with the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

07/14/2023
Resource | Nutrition Education MiPlato

Team Nutrition proporciona materiales de MiPlato desarrollados específicamente para niños y sus padres/cuidadores.

06/01/2023
Resource | Nutrition Education MyPlate

Celebrate MyPlate’s birthday by sharing MyPlate resources with students, families, and peers.

05/25/2023
Page updated: October 14, 2021