Earlier today, one of our Senior Policy Associates attended a taste-testing event for MCPS, Maryland's largest school district. Check out the delicious looking meals they had on offer! Silver Diner Real Food for Kids

DFNS Supervisor Lauren and Manager Mei holding a focus group at Key Middle School to gather feedback from our students.

Wood Middle School students had an awesome opportunity to provide feedback on new menu items from MCPS food services! Students advocated for change and are getting voices heard. Very proud! Thanks to the Division of Food Services for organizing!

Happening Now: The Taste of MCPS - Menu Concept Taste Test for Students. Over 100 students in grades 6-11 are taste testing innovative concepts and sample new flavors. Feedback will help inform menu items for the next school year!

#SchoolMeals4All improves attendance & reduces chronic absenteeism k12dive.com/news/universal… via K-12 Dive

A big congratulations to Kimani Gray, supply services coordinator for the Supply and Property Management Unit for winning Supporting Services Employee of the Year! news.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/staff-bulletin…

Happy Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day! 😁👏🎉 Today and every day, we recognize and thank RDNs for their commitment to helping people enjoy healthy lives! Join in the #RDNday celebration: sm.eatright.org/RDNday #NationalNutritionMonth #eatrightPRO #rdchat

Today is #HearTheCrunch in Maryland. Join the DFNS staff in taking a bite out of hunger and celebrating the amazing benefits of school breakfast and those who serve them, just grab an apple today and hear that crunch yourself! MD Hunger Solutions

What am I doing today? Just landed at the john Wayne airport ! To start getting ready to welcome our people for the ACDA ( (American Commodity Distribution Association) - celebrate our farmers and Nourish our Nation!

Real Food for Kids is growing & we’re searching for a new member to join our dynamic team! RFFK is looking to hire a Program Manager to help further its mission to advance nutrition equity through advocacy, education + systemic policy change. Details: realfoodforkids.org/jointheteam.

Congratulations to our very own Carole Erb for being named the SNA’s national Industry Member of the Year! Carole has dedicated countless hours to the Association for the last 18 years. We can’t name in one post about Carole’s incredible work with SNA click the link in bio!

An incredible evening at Flower Hill Elementary School Back To School Night! Between the resource fair, community circles, food sampling w/ Division of Food and Nutrition Services MCPSmd, interpreters, welcome video and presentations, this didn’t feel like BTSN. It felt like a reunion! FlowerHill ES PTA Dr. Joshua Fine Travis Payne

Today, we celebrated the rollout of salad bars for all 198 Fairfax Schools 🌟 schools! This initiative is part of our joint commitment to providing high-quality, nutritious meals for all students, and fostering healthier eating habits + promoting wellness w/in the school community.

We hope you will join us for our Annual Thanksgiving Meal in all @MCPS_MD School Cafeterias on Thursday, November 16th! Adult meals will also be available for staff to purchase. Happy Thanksgiving!

Division of Food and Nutrition Services MCPSmd has out done themselves!!! Thanksgiving for lunch is by far my favorite meal served! Thank you providing our students with this delicious pre-Thanksgiving treat!

Last week we celebrated our very own Ms. Huang who earned 2024 Food Services Employee of the Year. We are so happy to have Ms. Huang at Goshen to help ensure all of our students have nutritious meals. Division of Food and Nutrition Services MCPSmd @SEIULocal500 Nicole Sosik

Let's give a big shout-out to Division of Food and Nutrition Services (DFNS) team members for School Nutrition Employee Appreciation Week! The department highlighted 12 lunch heroes who are essential in serving more than 90,000 meals daily across 211 schools.

Happy School Lunch Hero Day to our most wonderful cafeteria team!!! Today we celebrate you and thank you for all you do!

On Saturday September 28th, Kids in Need Distributors hosted a crab feast where the official merger between Manna and KIds In Need Distributors was celebrated! 🥳 It was a great evening sharing the excitement of significantly expanding our presence at MCPS!

Real Food for Kids Exec. Director Bonnie Moore appeared on TODAY to discuss the FDA’s decision to ban Red Dye No. 3, a synthetic dye linked to cancer in lab animals: youtube.com/watch?v=JPuZ0S…. Thank you, Vicky Nguyen, for spotlighting this milestone for healthier food.