Check out this database to access vendor-specific product information for all direct delivered USDA Foods for the National School Lunch Program.
The Integrated Food Management System replaces the legacy, Automated Inventory System. IFMS consolidates food distribution transactions into a seamless, easy-to-use cloud-based platform.
This factsheet reviews best practices for producers to learn about how to sell local food to schools.
¿Necesita una nueva receta para su Programa de Alimentos para el Cuidado de Niños y Adultos?
Update your breakfast menus with these easy-to-prepare USDA standardized breakfast recipes.
This training guide for school nutrition professionals presents how to identify sources of added sugars and specific ways to reduce the amount of added sugars in school breakfast meals.
The recipes in the cookbook feature foods both children and adults should consume more of: dark green and orange vegetables, dry beans and peas, and whole grains. All of these healthy recipes are low in total fat, saturated fat, sugar and sodium.
These worksheets can be used to empower CACFP providers and operators with the knowledge, skills and expertise to implement meal pattern requirements.
FNS requires that inventories do not exceed a six-month supply of any USDA Foods without approval from FNS. Per 7 CFR 250.17(a), state agencies administering TEFAP are required to use Form FNS-155, Inventory Management Register, to report any food items in state and state-contracted warehouses that exceed six months of inventory.
This webinar discusses school meal procurement strategies and USDA school meal program flexibilities, waivers and training resources for school year 2021-22.