Garden with Food Hero’s ‘Grow This!’ Gardening Challenge and ODNC Upcycling Tips
Get inspired to eat healthy and upcycle with Food Hero’s Grow This! Oregon Garden Challenge and ODNC!
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Food Hero’s Gardening Challenge helps kids grow with dairy and plants
Join ODNC and Food Hero with Food Hero’s Grow This! Oregon Garden Challenge this spring. 38,000 free seed packets, donated by Bi-Mart, will be distributed by Food Hero to Oregon state residents as part of the program which aims to inspire kids to grow their own gardens and eat a healthy diet.
Read moreHindsight is 2020: Looking Back on the Year in Review
Oregon dairy farmers, processors and those in the dairy community proved to be resilient and rose to challenge after challenge in 2020.
Read moreBe a Food Hero: Cooking With Kids (VIDEO)
Do you have a picky eater at home? It’s always a challenge to get kids to eat healthy, but studies have shown that if you involve your child in the meal prep, they are more likely to eat what they prepare. Plus it gives them something productive and fun to do during times while they are homebound. In this video,
Read moreWhat Will the School Lunch of the Future Look Like?
Quinoa, kale, Brussels sprouts, tamales, green smoothies. These are all foods you might find in a trendy restaurant … or on a lunch tray in your local school cafeteria. School lunches are fast overcoming their stereotypical reputation as bland and uninspired through some creativity and innovation by school nutrition professionals. On this National School Lunch Week, let’s take a look
Read moreHow We Celebrated June Dairy Month
Since 1937, June has been designated as a special month to celebrate milk and all things dairy. National Dairy Month is an annual tradition that recognizes the contributions the dairy industry has made to health and happiness around the world. Oregon has a lot to celebrate, and what better way to kick things off than World Milk Day? After all,
Read moreStudents Connect with School Nutrition Professionals (VIDEO)
When students from Armand Larive Middle School attended a Culinary Workshop in Umatilla, hosted by Oregon Department of Education and the Oregon Dairy and Nutrition Council, they saw their school nutrition professionals in action. This post debuts a great new video they created to share their experience. The Culinary Workshop is one of six regional workshops offered to school nutrition
Read moreWhite Chicken Chili
Try this delicious, hearty chili on a cold, wintery day or any day. Serves 8 Dietitian’s Tip: To help you meet your DASH daily goals, here are suggestions for foods to eat with this hearty chili: Whole grain crackers or a slice of whole grain bread Salad with leafy greens, carrots, cucumbers, and a sprinkle of nuts and a
Read moreGrant Helps Hermiston School Connect Technology, Nutrition
Fuel Up to Play 60 grant funding provided by local dairy farmers is making a difference in Oregon schools. Armand Larive Middle School in Hermiston received a grant of $3,555 to purchase a computer, accessories and software for video production. The new computer equipment enables students to make Food Hero time lapse recipe videos to help educate students on healthy
Read moreSchool Culinary Trainings Spice Up the Menu
Sponsored by the Oregon Dairy and Nutrition Council and the Oregon Department of Education, Child Nutrition Programs, a new series of five popular culinary training events are underway to help improve school cafeteria menus for Oregon students. For the past seven years, Chef Garrett Berdan, RDN, has been coaching child nutrition program professionals at regional trainings on cooking innovative, healthy
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