The John C. Stalker Institute of Food & Nutrition at Framingham State College
Offering professional development programs as well as certificate programs on a variety of topics, including child nutrition, food service management, and food safety.

School Nutrition Association of Massachusetts
The State Affiliate of the School Nutrition Association. SNA of Massachusetts provides information, services, and training to school foodservice personnel in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts A La Carte Food & Beverage Standards to Promote a Healthier School Environment
This guide, developed by Massachusetts Action for Healthy Kids provides nutrition standards for food items that are sold a la carte, in vending machines, at school stores, and as school fundraisers. It also provides recommendations for implementing these standards.

National Food Service Management Institute
NFSMI provides education, research, and resources to promote excellence in Child Nutrition Programs. Topics include food safety, purchasing, recipes, and healthy meal planning.

UMass Extension Food Safety Education Program
Keep food safe! Find training, support, and resources on safe food handling – designed especially for those serving children, the elderly and other vulnerable groups.

CSPI: School Foods Toolkit
Strategies for improving school foods and beverages, fact sheets on children's diets and health, school meal programs, and vending and other school food venues. Also provides model materials for communicating with decision makers, the press, and other members of your community.

Healthy School Snacks: The “A-List”
Adopt the “A-List” A list of vending and snack items that meet the criteria of the Massachusetts A La Carte Food & Beverage standards. This site also provides nutrition information on all products and information on how to purchase items from local distributors.

Directory of Massachusetts School Foodservice Directors
An alphabetical list, by town, of current Massachusetts School Food Service Directors.

Team Nutrition: Approaches to Limiting Student Access to Competitive Foods
Suggestions for reducing the sale of “competitive” foods in schools and examples of how other schools have succeeded in eliminating less nutritious vending and a la carte items.

USDA’s Team Nutrition – Healthy School Meals Resource System
Provides extensive resources on food buying, menu planning, and recipes for child care and school foodservice.

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