Nebraska Team Nutrition

11/18/2025

🥕 Check out our MyPlate Fruit & Vegetable Fact Card – Carrot Edition!
The front features fun facts, while the back includes a hands-on activity so students can learn more about carrots while they taste them.
🥕 Link to Carrot Card https://www.canva.com/design/DAGz0tv9c6Y/TEU9b_nbIbRe76Ol15jqmQ/view?utm_content=DAGz0tv9c6Y&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=viewer
🍎 Explore other Fruit & Vegetable Fact Cards under MyPlate Resources on the Team Nutrition website. https://www.education.ne.gov/ns/team-nutrition/ #1754946330184-9d8d3d72-d8e9

11/17/2025

🌮🥣 Feeling chilly? Warm up with a bowl of Taco Soup!
This flavorful dish is one of our Beanstock recipes — perfect to enjoy at home or in your school cafeteria!

🍴 Home version ➡️ https://www.canva.com/design/DAGRuyJOeD4/-iEpXJPjCwNNKMLQKSxO6A/view?utm_content=DAGRuyJOeD4&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=viewer
🏫 School kitchen version ➡️ https://www.canva.com/design/DAGsmkQuB4o/2cFKp97io3rx11394VhDpA/view?utm_content=DAGsmkQuB4o&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=viewer
🌱 Check out more Beanstock recipes here ➡️ https://www.education.ne.gov/ns/farm-to-school/beanstock/

11/13/2025

It's Family Literacy Month!! Check out what North Omaha is working on! Need resources to promote family literacy, check out these options here, https://familieslearning.org/blog/november-is-national-family-literacy-month/

11/13/2025

💪 Over 150 health & physical educators gathered in Kearney for the 2025 SHAPE Nebraska Conference!
Participants explored resources on MyPlate, Sports Nutrition, & Wellness (Mental Health + Walk to Unlock Nebraska) - sharing ideas to support healthy, active schools statewide. View resources here, https://www.education.ne.gov/ns/team-nutrition/

10/30/2025

Farm to School Month is coming to a close soon! 🍎
It’s been so inspiring to see all the amazing ways schools and early childhood programs have celebrated this important work. 💚

Walthill Public School held a Crunch Off last week—and it was a huge success! 🎉
Students sang an apple song, shared apple jokes 🍏😂, and cheered as prizes were handed out for the coloring contest. The highlight? Eating their apples all the way to the core to see the seeds! 🌱

A big thank you to all the students, teachers, farmers, parents, organizations, and local food enthusiasts who have joined in the Crunch Off so far! 🥕🥒

There’s still time to CRUNCH into local foods this October or register your earlier events! ✨
📅 Crunch Off events: Oct 1–31, 2025
📝 Registration closes: October 31 11:59 p.m.
Learn more and register through the link: https://www.education.ne.gov/ns/farm-to-school/mountain-plains-crunch/
Happy Farm to School Month! 🥳

10/30/2025

A new athletics season is starting soon! Check out the sports nutrition resources we have available to support your student athletes! https://www.canva.com/design/DAGwc85teDM/aoaApj8LwppvjERw08HlcA/view?utm_content=DAGwc85teDM&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h497e2f429b and check out our website for even more resources, https://www.education.ne.gov/ns/team-nutrition/sports-nutrition/

10/29/2025

🚶‍♀️🌽 We’re on the move across Nebraska with Walk to Unlock!
Farm to School is teaming up to celebrate Farm to School Month and share awesome resources along the trail.
Check out our new content along each of the four trails!
🙌 Join solo or with a team
✅ Sign up today
➡️ https://walk2unlock.ne.gov/

Through the Walk to Unlock Nebraska Specialty Crops Project, funded by the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) will leverage two programs available to Nebraska schools (Walk to Unlock Nebraska (W2UN) and Nebraska Harvest of the Month (HOM)) to increase yout...

10/29/2025

🥗 Apply now for the $2,000 Team Nutrition Mini-Grant! These grants support nutrition education, student wellness & MyPlate promotion in PreK-12 schools. Up to 25 grants are available! Apply by Nov 10, 2025 ➡️ https://www.education.ne.gov/ns/team-nutrition/

10/28/2025

🍎 It’s not too late to join the Nebraska Crunch Off!
Take a big CRUNCH into local food anytime in October and celebrate Farm to School Month with your students, coworkers, and community!
Find ideas and resources and don't forget to register your event at 👉 https://www.education.ne.gov/ns/farm-to-school/mountain-plains-crunch/

10/17/2025

Make sure you utilize some of the Harvest of the Month resources we have as well! https://www.education.ne.gov/ns/farm-to-school/harvest-of-the-month/ #1686944192293-fd104305-8c2d

We are so excited to be gearing up to learn the parts of a pumpkin in classrooms all over Colfax County with such a fun variety of pumpkins from the Maple Creek Creators 4-H Club!

Thank you for picking us such a great supply for some fun, hands-on learning!

10/17/2025

Pasta is so versitile! Check out this amazing white bean mac-n-cheese! You won't even know that there are beans in the rich cheese sauce!! https://www.canva.com/design/DAGlSoAL95w/wgajaLq8zo-kctNMrQZq-Q/edit?utm_content=DAGlSoAL95w&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

National Pasta Day! A day to celebrate the many ways we eat pasta! Serve up some whole-grain noodles with a nutritious topping and you're good to go!

10/17/2025

Why, yes, we did! Check out our Harvest of the Month turnip tivia!https://www.education.ne.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Turnips-Trivia-Cards.pdf

Did you know? Before pumpkins took center stage, turnips and potatoes were carved into jack-o’-lanterns. 🎃 Stop by Arbor Lodge to explore more vintage Halloween history at this year’s Vintage Halloween display kicking off this weekend!