Food for Thought Summer 2022

The SNA Training Zone has Live and On-Demand Webinars for all members to take advantage of for FREE! Please take a look by going to https://www.pathlms.com/sna . There is something for everyone! See below for upcoming live webinars, each worth 1.0 CEU...

August 17, 2022 • 3:00 PM EST Teach me How to Cook! The Seven Skills of Fruitful Leadership Do you desire to be the leader known for producing the tasty results everyone talks about and attempts to replicate? To do this, you must focus on the results you produce and not the title you possess. Leadership is the ability to educate, energize and empower an individual or group to Live A Dream. Leadership and Cooking are very similar. Everyone has the ability to do it, but it is a skill that must be cultivated. In this interactive program, Frank Kitchen will teach you the seven skills needed to create your very own leadership style that produces environments where people and dreams flourish. This will be in a Zoom Meeting format where participants may have the ability to share with their camera and mic, though it is not required.

September 28, 2022 • 3:00 PM EST Smooth Operator: How to safely serve peanut butter at your schools Peanuts are one of the top 9 commonly allergenic foods in the U.S. Schools can manage food allergies in a variety of ways and the CDC recommends using a comprehensive plan to manage all food allergies, including peanuts. While experts do not recommend using food bans to manage food allergies and most schools serve peanut foods successfully across the country, when schools do implement bans, peanuts are the most commonly banned food. In this session, attendees will hear why peanut butter is one of the most useful foods schools can have on the menu during these increasingly difficult times because they are shelf-stable, affordable, and nutritious. Peanut allergy facts, including busting common myths, will be shared, followed by two case studies. Case Study 1 will follow one school district’s efforts to keep peanut foods on the menu in the face of advocates asking for bans. Case Study 2 will show how a second school successfully brought peanut butter back to the menu after a 15+ year ban. Attendees will learn practical ways to address misperceptions about peanuts in schools and important keys for safe food allergy management.