
USDA Team Nutrition Encourage your students to go outside and play! Enjoy Moving Poster:
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Enjoy Moving PosterTeam Nutrition has expanded the MyPyramid for Kids poster to provide a more extensive look at physical activity. The image shows the “backside” of MyPyramid for Kids indicating the different levels of physical activity. ...

USDA Team Nutrition The Partnership for Food Safety Education Two weeks to Thanksgiving! Now is a great time to decide on your Thanksgiving Day menu and buy any non-perishables you need (flour, sugars, canned foods, frozen foods, dried herbs).
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Holiday Food Safety Success Kit Sponsored by The National Turkey Federation and the Partnership for Food Safety Education

USDA Team Nutrition The Child Care Recipes: Food for Health and Fun for USDA's Child and Adult Care Food Program have been updated.
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USDA Recipes for Child CareThe recipes from the 1999 publication Child Care Recipes: Food for Health and Fun for USDA's Child and Adult Care Food Program have been updated.

USDA Team Nutrition On October 15, during National School Lunch Week, USDA launched Chefs in the Cafeteria, inspired by White House Assistant Chef Sam Kass. The initiative connects chefs to schools and schools to chefs to find ways to work together, share best practices, and help get nutritious foods to our nation's kids.
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Ensuring that our nation’s children have access to healthy foods is a top priority for the Obama Administration. USDA’s National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs play a role in doing this by providing nutritious meals to students each year.

USDA Team Nutrition U.S. Department of Agriculture Join Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan for a live Facebook chat to discuss the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative supporting Farms to Schools programs. RSVP here and Visit http://www.usda.gov/live for more information or to submit questions in advance!
Farms to Schools
Location:USDA Live/Facebook Chat
Time:3:00PM Thursday, November 5th

USDA Team Nutrition Want your kids to reach for a healthy snack? Make sure fruits and veggies are in reach: Food for a Day poster
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Food for A DayA visual representation of a day’s worth of food to equal 2000 calories, it is included in the Nutrition Essentials classroom materials.

USDA Team Nutrition Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Previews Obama Administration Priorities for Child Nutrition Act Reauthorization
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2009 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today previewed the Obama Administration's legislative priorities for reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act that is currently being considered by Congress on a conference call with reporters. ...

USDA Team Nutrition "With one in three children in this country being overweight or obese, we must take steps to ensure that all kids have access to nutritious meals, nutrition education and physical education so that they can lead healthy, productive lives," said First Lady Michelle Obama. "By expanding the HealthierUS Schools program mo...re children will have access to a brighter future."
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2009 - First Lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the Obama Administration is expanding the HealthierUS School Challenge. Originally established ...
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USDA Team Nutrition Stop by our booth at ADA FNCE 2009 in Denver to meet us and pick up the latest nutrition education materials

USDA Team Nutrition October 15th is Global Handwashing Day, lots of Handwashing resources from HMRS
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Hand washing is one of the easiest and most effective ways to protect yourself and others from many infectious diseases. Also see these hand washing sections:

USDA Team Nutrition Team Nutrition's October Newsletter e-Newsltetter to share resources and ideas for promoting healthy eating and physical activity is now available.
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The Team Nutrition (TN) e-Newsletter is published periodically to share TN resources developed by USDA and/or by State agencies, and to share ideas for promoting healthy eating and physical activity through Team Nutrition at the State and local levels.

USDA Team Nutrition Celebrate National School Lunch Week!
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Find School Breakfast Week promotional resources and activities, cycle menus for Afterschool Snacks, the history of the National School Lunch Program, copyright-free Child Nutrition Program photos, and much more!

USDA Team Nutrition 2009 Team Nutrition Training Grants
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Team Nutrition (TN) Training Grants for Healthy School Meals have been identified in USDA's National Strategic Plan for Training and Technical Assistance as one of the anchor delivery systems for supporting ...

USDA Team Nutrition Did you know that October is National Apple Month? Find apple recipes:
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Find standardized recipes, quantity recipes, USDA recipes, recipes from industry and more. You may even discover new ways to use commodity foods! Please see Help for more information.
















