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Webinars

The monthly webinar series will focus on sharing relevant nutrition knowledge as well as standout stories from the field on successful service models, inspiring menu ideas, and tips and tricks to implement nutrition initiatives in schools! These webinars are intended to provide you with real, applicable, and helpful information that you can use to operate the best school food service program possible at your sites this year!

Upcoming upLIFT webinar:

Past upLIFT webinars:

Nutrition Knowledge Fact Sheets

This educational resource will feature information on a specific nutrition topic that can be applied to school food service. The educational content of these fact sheets will match the content of the monthly webinar, when applicable.

• September 2024 - Soil Science!

 Find Your Inspiration: upLift Photostream

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One in a Melon Promotion

Each month, the Arizona Department of Education Health and Nutrition Services (HNS) will promote an Arizona-grown or available food by releasing an informational resource designed to provide fun facts, availability schedules, and unique recipes.

September 2024 - Cantaloupe

Kitchen Creations

The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) was awarded a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Team Nutrition Training Grant that supports the initiation of the Kitchen Creations project. This project specifically focuses on creating standardized recipes for use in school meals programs. All recipes standardized under the grant will feature local and native foods as the primary ingredients.

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