upLIFT

upLIFT was created for you, the child nutrition professional, to provide you with materials to help you LEARN about nutrition, INSPIRE you on what to feed your participants, FEED your participants healthy meals, and TEACH others in your community about your programs!

 

LEARN

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:

Training TypeTraining title & date registration link
Live Webinar

upLIFT Summer Edition: Utilizing USDA Foods to Your Advantage for Summer!

May 20, 2025, 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Register here

 

Past upLIFT webinars:

Training TypeTraining title Training Length
WebinarRural Procurement (Recording) (Slides)0.5 Hour
WebinarProcuring Local Beef - A Success Story with Osborn School District (Recording) (Slides)0.5 Hour
WebinarConnecting with Farmers and Growers with Pivot Produce! (Recording) (Slides)0.5 Hour
WebinarSouthern Arizona Growing Season Highlight (Recording) (Slides)0.5 Hour
WebinarNorthern Arizona Growing Season Highlight (Recording) (Slides)0.5 Hour
WebinarCentral Arizona Growing Season Highlight (Recording) (Slides) 0.5 Hour
WebinarIntroducing Fresh Futures: Farm to Table School Meals Initiative! (Recording) (Slides)0.5 Hour

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.

 

INSPIRE

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FEED

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.

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 meal programs. All recipes standardized under the grant will feature local and native foods as the primary ingredients.

Kitchen Creations recipes
Blue Corn Mush with Roast Squash & Pepitas
Blue Corn Mush with Roasted Corn
Blue Corn Mush with Strawberries, Banana, and Honey
Soam Bavĭ (Brown Tepary Bean) Bowl
Three Sisters Enchilada Casserole
Triple Berry Parfait with Fresh Berries
Triple Berry Parfait with Fresh Strawberries and Blueberry Compote

 

Kitchen Creations Newsletters
Issue 1 - January 2021View Newsletter
Issue 2 - May 2021View Newsletter
Issue 3 - September 2021View Newsletter
Issue 4 - November 2021View Newsletter
Issue 5 - March 2022View Newsletter
Issue 6 - July 2022View Newsletter

 

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