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Mixing It Up: 10 Ways to Spice Up Your School Salad Bar

 

Salad bars in schools are about more than simply offering kids fresh fruits and vegetables daily; innovative salad bars take students on culinary adventures and prove that healthy eating can be an exciting journey of flavors and textures. While keeping it simple is a good start, salad bars offer a…

Fresh Beginnings: Salad Bars and Farm to School Practices in the Cleveland Metro School District

 

Fresh Beginnings: Salad Bars and Farm to School Practices in the Cleveland Metro School District

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Schools: 87

Executive Director of Nutrition Services: Robert Gorman

Rebecca Rodriguez’s journey from a certified pastry chef to a passionate advocate for nutritious school meals is as diverse as the fruits and vegetables she champions. 

Rodriguez’s educational…

Salad Bar Training Resources

Salad Bar Training Resources

 

Salad Bars represent a significant service model shift for any district. To prepare the team, the director should provide training that includes how the salad bar impacts the menu plan, product ordering and preparation, setting up and breaking down the bar, and addressing meal service with a salad bar. For…

School Garden to Salad Bar: Hydroponics in the Cafeteria

School Garden to Salad Bar: Hydroponics in the Cafeteria

Thanks to Salad Bars to Schools, Taylor Elementary School in Foxborough, MA was granted a salad bar in 2013 (along with 3 other schools in the district), and in 2015, thanks to Whole Kids Foundation, the school received a $2,500 school garden grant. With the grant funds, former Food Service…

Keeping Salad Bars Fun and Fresh with Color and Creativity

Keeping Salad Bars Fun and Fresh with Color and Creativity

Creating bright and attractive school salad bars supports both staff engagement and student participation! Let’s head over to the Humboldt Unified School District (HUSD) in Prescott Valley, Arizona to chat with Lake Valley Elementary School Kitchen Manager Robyn Miller and District Director of Food and Nutrition Jody Buckle to learn…

Salad Bar Success in Lee’s Summit, Missouri

Salad Bar Success in Lee’s Summit, Missouri

We recently caught up with Lori Danella, Food Service Director (FSD) for Lee’s Summit School District in Missouri. Lori applied for the Salad Bars to Schools grant in 2019 and was one of the last recipients of salad bars before the program paused due to the COVID outbreak and school…

Salad Bars Brightening Up School Lunches in Michigan

Salad Bars Brightening Up School Lunches in Michigan

It might be cold and gray outside, but school lunches in Michigan are getting more colorful this winter! Thanks to donations from United Fresh Start Foundation (UFSF) and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBS MI), 23 salad bars were just recently granted to Michigan schools through Salad Bars to…