School Nutrition Programs in North Carolina are using innovative strategies to make a difference in the lives of students across our state by…
- Preparing and Offering safe, appealing, and nutritious meals to all children
- Building relationships with students
- Supporting social and emotional learning
- Offering nutrition education
- Cultivating connections to local agriculture and farmers
- Promoting equity
- Fostering a healthy school nutrition environment and community
Guiding Principles
1. Transition to support on-site instruction and nutritious, appealing school meals to all students, while addressing the needs of distance learners and other children in the community who are food-insecure within the human and financial resources available;
2. Support the physical, mental, social and emotional health and well-being of children, staff, families and communities by implementing social distancing and personal hygiene protocols;
3. Operate programs in a manner that promotes overall sustainability and program integrity;
4. Communicate often with stakeholders about the challenges and opportunities associated with providing school meals; and
5. Use our collective voices to transform school meals to reflect new and emerging education and nutrition priorities.
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