Resources
Looking for more inspiration? Below is a list of some of our favorite organizations, resources and online tools for supporting kids (and parents, and teachers) as they develop positive health and nutrition habits.
- School Lunch Program & Children's Nutrition
- School Gardens & Environmental Efforts
- Family Nutrition & Cooking
- Grants, Awards, Recognition & Other Prizes for Your School
- Family & School Fitness
Quick Links
School Lunch Program & Children's Nutrition
- Video: 5 Ways to Make a Difference in Your School
- 10 Ways to Create Change in Your School's (PDF)
- The Lunch Box: Free Tools for Healthy Schools
- Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools: Apply for a Salad Bar Grant
- Let's Move: America's Move to Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids
- National School Lunch Program: Reports, facts and policy information from the USDA
- Parenting Magazine Mom Congress Resource Center
- School Nutrition Association Resource Center: Learn about school food operations
- Healthy School Lunches Resource Center: A project of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
- Center for Science in the Public Interest: Information on labeling, school food and food safety
- Produce for Better Health Foundation
- HealthCorps: Bringing America to the Tipping Point of Wellness
- Jamie Oliver's School Food Revolution: Become a Part of the Revolution
- Salad Bar Volunteer Tutorial Video
- National Take Your Parents to Lunch Day: October 2011 – Toolkit for Schools & Parents
School Gardens & Environmental Efforts
- FoodCorps: Building and tending school gardens
- National Gardening Association
- Kids Gardening
- Compilation of Online Curriculum by USDA
- Marathon Kids: Encouraging kids to run, walk, eat well and garden
- Green Ribbon Schools
- Growe Foundation
- Edible Schoolyard
- Agriculture in the Classroom
- How to Grow a School Garden: A Complete Guide for Parents and Teachers By Arden Bucklin-Sporer & Rachel Kathleen Pringle
- Collection of links from the basics to botany, horticulture & hydroponics
- Healthy Child Healthy World
Family Nutrition & Cooking
- EatRight.org: Research and resources from the American Dietetic Association
- Center for Science in the Public Interest: Food labeling, school food and food safety
- The Whole Family Cookbook by Michelle Stern
Grants, Awards, Recognition & Other Prizes for Your School
- Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools: Apply for a Salad Bar Grant
- Healthy School Lunches: Offers Golden Carrot Award for outstanding school food service professionals
- Chef's Move to Schools: Get a culinary demo kit for your school chef
- Recipe for Healthy Kids Challenge: Win $12,000 in prizes
- National Education Association Grants & Awards
Family & School Fitness
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