NC School Nutrition
Help Support Child Nutrition Programs in North Carolina
Our kids deserve a healthier future!
“Some may ask why healthy foods have to compete with less healthful ones. The answer is simple: finances. The expectation for most Child Nutrition Programs in North Carolina is to be financially self-supporting.”
-Lynn Hoggard EdD, RD, LDN, FADA, Section Chief of Child Nutrition Services at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
North Carolina Child Nutrition Programs (CNPs) need our help! NC CNPs currently receive NO state financial support and must generate enough money from the sale of the federal school lunch (about 52% of their budget) and à la carte foods and beverages (about 47% of their budget) to be fully self-supporting. Therefore, CNPs have come to rely heavily on the sale of less healthy à la carte foods in order to stay open. Read on to find more information and learn how you can help CNPs in North Carolina!
About
History of the Program
Contact Your Legislator
In the News
Resources
More Information
Farm to School
Contact Us
Sign the online Resolution in Support of Nutrition Standards
About
www.ncschoolnutrition.com is a website created out of a collaborative partnership between the
Child Nutrition Services Section within the NC Department of Public Instruction,
NC Alliance for Health,
School Nutrition Association of NC and the
UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention with funding from the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Click
here to learn more about www.ncschoolnutrition.com.
History of the Program
Click
here to learn more about how Child Nutrition Programs have evolved through the years and what the future holds for these important programs.
Contact Your Legislator
Contact your represntative and encourage them to support Child Nutrition Programs in North Carolina. You can find your representative
here.
In the News
Check
here for news highlights concerning child nutrition programs and healthy school meals; Updated quarterly.
Resources
Click
here to view Fact Sheets, Handouts, Presentations, Videos, Articles and More!
More Information
Organizations involved in child nutrition :
Click
here for more information and links.
Farm to School
Click
here to learn more about Farm to School.
Contact Information
The Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at UNC Chapel Hill is responsible for the content of this website. Should you have any questions, comments, suggestions or concerns, please contact:
Danielle Braxton MPH, RD, LDN
UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, CB# 7426
1700 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7426
P 919.966.0359
F 919.966.6264
furci@unc.edu
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