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Nourishing Futures: Trends, Menus & Engagement Strategies

Explore how evolving student preferences and innovative strategies transform programs into nourishment and engagement tools. Understand how trends, like low-sugar options and kid-friendly vegetarian and plant-based meals, fuel growth and development. Learn why Whitsons’ Simply Boxed recipes offer convenient, nutritious solutions to support performance and focus during after-school activities.

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Building a Regulation-Ready Breakfast presented by General Mills

Up your breakfast game by ensuring your menus are meal pattern-ready for the future! Get tips and tricks for incorporating whole grains at breakfast, making it easy to meet the whole grain-rich requirement and determining grain-ounce equivalency. Additionally, learn how to navigate the added sugar standards for breakfast cereal and yogurt beginning October 2025.

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Inside and Out: Sesame Street’s Whole Child Wellness

Every day, you make a difference in the “circle of care” by helping kids and families grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. From celebrating joyful everyday moments to teaching skills for managing feelings or signs of serious mental health challenges, dive into ways to use the free, research-based, bilingual resources in early learning spaces to help children, families, and community providers with whole-child wellness.

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Religious Dietary Basics: Serving Halal & Kosher

Meeting parent preferences for special dietary or allergies is something we all do and understand. But when it comes to meeting religious dietary restrictions, are we doing enough? Whether it’s Halal, Kosher, or some other religious-based need, learn how to understand and best serve these diverse communities. 

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CACFP Archeology: How ICN Preserves the Past to Nourish the Future

Explore the history and insights preserved in the Child Nutrition Archives at the Institute of Child Nutrition. Learn how these resources help shape child nutrition programs, guide policy development, and support the mission of CACFP. Additionally, see how these resources empower professionals, contribute to research, and enhance program outcomes.

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Bridging the Nutrition Gap in Low-Income Communities

Food insecurity and limited access to quality nutrition education contribute to poor health outcomes in underserved communities. In response, a nutrition education program was implemented among children in Chattanooga, TN. From cooking demonstrations to meal affordability exposure, discover how the three intervention levels fostered sustainable health behavior changes in low-income communities. 

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Nurturing Little Explorers: The Journey of Starting Solids by Gerber

Starting solids for infants and caregivers is a journey to behold. Explore the science behind starting solids and the key underlying theme of responsive feeding. Then, experiment with creative ways to create a variety of textures, including hands-on activities for thinning and thickening foods, as well as making graspable finger foods for infants.

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Corporate Volunteerism: Getting Companies to Help Feed the Need

Every business plans to continue operating 5 to 10 years from now, requiring them to invest their efforts somewhere. But where? Explore ways to get local businesses and large corporations invested in helping you feed children while nourishing future employees of the companies of tomorrow. 

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Grant Writing 101

New to grant writing or need a refresher? Learn how to read and respond to a Request for Proposal when applying for a grant. Get tips on how to write a statement of need, outline measurable objectives and evaluation measures, and put together budget justifications.

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