This blog has been republished with the permission of Salad Bars to Schools. We recently caught up with Robert Lewis, Food Service Director for El Monte City School District in California. Lewis applied for the Salad Bars to Schools grant in 2017, and this is the second year that all 14...Read more

Freshen up your salad bar with plant-based recipes! Just in time for the new school year, these recipes offer great options for scratch-made salad dressings. Over 30 million children eat school lunch every day, which means that making responsible choices in school food creates a sizeable and lasting impact. Chef Ann...Read more

This blog has been republished with the permission of Salad Bars to Schools. Twice a year, the Salad Bars to Schools program runs an evaluation report where grantees report back on their successes, share statistical and numerical increases and discuss some of the challenges that they have experienced. While 96% of...Read more

Two students enjoy Lummi Island Wild Salmon Cakes and Bluebird Grain Farms Farro Pilaf at the Shuksan Middle School Community Family Night. The pilaf includes tomatoes, cucumbers and onions and is lightly dressed with a vinaigrette. By Georgina Rupp  For Patrick Durgan, a focus on scratch-cooking practically came with the job....Read more

This blog has been republished with the permission of Salad Bars to Schools. A salad bar incorporated into a school meal program can be one of the best ways to increase healthy eating habits and fresh fruit and vegetable consumption. It can also allow for increased learning potential for both...Read more

This blog has been republished with the permission of Salad Bars to Schools. Kristen Mcguan’s creative spirit shines through the East Grand School District salad bar program where she has been Food Service Director for the past 3 years. Her favorite part about the program is when she sees students take...Read more

This blog has been republished with the permission of Salad Bars to Schools. With over 5,000 salad bars granted to schools across the U. S., the Salad Bars to Schools program has been able to help schools incorporate more fresh fruits and veggies into their meal programs. But to better understand the...Read more

By: Heidi Stimac This blog has been republished with the permission of Salad Bars to Schools. Marblehead Community Charter Public School (MCCPS) has been serving children in the Boston area for about 24 years, and has always had a salad bar. So what makes their participation in the Salad Bars to...Read more

By: Heidi Stimac This blog has been republished with the permission of Salad Bars to Schools. Roasted chickpeas and fresh pomegranates are items you probably don’t expect to see in an ordinary school cafeteria. But luckily for the students at Vista Unified School District (VUSD) in Oceanside, California, Director of Child Nutrition...Read more

By: Kate OlenderPeople from all walks of life value school salad bars, which allow students to choose a variety of healthy, fresh fruits and vegetables to fill their plates. But there’s one group that lives and breathes fresh fruits and veggies all day, every day – and they’ve turned raising...Read more

By Faith AkgunThis blog has been republished with the permission of Salad Bars to Schools. View the original post here. When Kayla Leu joined Iowa’s Bettendorf Community School District as Director of Nutrition Services, there were already existing salad bars in the district’s middle and high schools. She quickly...Read more

By Faith AkgunThis blog has been republished with the permission of Salad Bars to Schools. View the original post here. When Peggy Bodnar became the Food & Nutrition Services Supervisor at Boise School District in 2007, she was inheriting a progressive school lunch program that was already profoundly committed...Read more

By Laura PeuquetThis blog has been republished with the permission of Salad Bars to Schools. View the original post here. School Nutrition Director Wimberly Brackett knew that if she could place salad bars in all Dalton Public Schools, both kids and staff would eat more whole, fresh foods....Read more

This blog has been re-published with the permission of Salad Bars to Schools. View the original blog post here. Green and orange signs filled the air in the Bates Academy cafeteria. The students of this K-8 school made their voices heard, but not in the...Read more

Over ten years ago, when I was the Director of Nutrition Services at Berkeley Unified School District, I implemented Salad Bars in every school in the district for all of our K-12 students. When I began the program, there was a fair amount of “push-back.” I heard statements like; “little...Read more