The October issue of School Nutrition, SNA’s award-winning flagship publication, features an assortment of articles designed to educate and inspire busy school nutrition professionals, including a conversation with the magazine’s 8th annual Roundtable of Leaders, a primer on understanding business jargon and an overview of products selected as top of the class by School Nutrition’s team of Secret Shoppers at SNA’s Annual National Conference (ANC) in Denver.

SNA has released an updated version of the Meal Pattern Companion Guide as of October 2012.

USDA has released a number of resources to assist school districts in addressing calorie limits in school meals as well as athletic students in need of after school snacks.

SNA has developed new resources to respond to negative news stories featuring student complaints about school meals and new calorie/portion limits.