Health & Wellness
At SPARC, we know that you can never find all the information you need in any one place. Below are a number of outside resources you may find useful.
Please note if you cannot find the resources you are looking for, please contact us for assistance.
- NSLP Commodity Fact Sheets Nutrition content, product description, pack and yield, and storage and handling for USDA commodities
- USDA Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs
- Choose My Plate
- Special Diet Services from SYSCO
- Fuel up to Play 60 Newsletter
- Physical Education Guide & Resources
- Food Allergies in School Foodservice Click here to download printable brochure for a list of resources
- Food Allergy Action Plan
- Sample Physician Statement
- SPARC Annual Conference Presentation
- Food Safety Info
- USDA Approved Software Programs for Nutrient Standard Menu Planning and Nutrient Analysis
- Local Wellness Policy Info from Team Nutrition
- HealthierUSSchools Take the challenge to improve your program and address obesity! Get certified as Bronze, Silver or Gold by USDA’s FNS.
- SNA Members Earn Free CEUs
- FREE Go with the Whole Grain Education Materials
- Dietary Guidelines for Americans
- Action for Healthy Kids The only nonprofit organization formed specifically to address the epidemic of overweight, undernourished and sedentary youth by focusing on changes at school.
- American Culinary Federation: This site of the American Culinary Federation includes a job bank, information on joining and becoming accredited, links to local chapters and more.
- CSI Foodpro: Your link to Practical Child Nutrition Resources
- eNutrition
- FNS Home Page
- Food Allergy and Anaphylaxsis Network: The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) was established in 1991. FAAN’s membership now stands at close to 30,000 worldwide and includes families, dietitians, nurses, physicians, school staff, representatives from government agencies, and the food and pharmaceutical industries.
- Food Profile: This is the official website for PROFILE®, the foodservice industry’s number one source for product information.
- Food Safety : Gateway to Government Food Safety
- FoodService Director Magazine: Online guide to one of the industry’s leading magazines.
- HealthierUS School Challenge: Take the challenge to improve your program and address obesity! Get certified as Bronze, Silver or Gold by USDA’s FNS.
- Kid’s Eat Right
- Kid’s Health: KidsHealth is the largest and most-visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence.
- Medline Plus, National Institute of Health- Child Nutrition Topics
- Michigan Apple Committee : The Committee represents farm families involved in the growing, packing, and processing of Michigan apples. The site contains everything you might want to know about Michigan apples.
- Michigan Department of Education – Food & Nutrition : The Food and Nutrition Program is comprised of four units, the School Meals Unit (includes Nutrition Education and Training), Food Distribution Unit, Fiscal Reporting Unit, and the Child and Adult Care Food Program Unit. The Food and Nutrition Program is responsible for the administration of all aspects of United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) funded child nutrition and food distribution programs.
- Michigan Department of Education – School Nutrition Programs
- Michigan Department of Education Requirements Calendar
- Michigan School Business Officials (MSBO)– Food Service Program
- National Food Service Management Institute : Information on educational materials available from the institute, upcoming training opportunities, and much more!
- National School Lunch Program
- School Nutrition Association : The voice of child nutrition representing representing 60,000 members involved in the school food service industry.
- School Nutrition Association of Michigan : School Nutrition Association of Michigan (SNAM) is the state affiliate of the SchoolNutrition Association (SNA). SNAM represents over 1,600 food service personnel in Michigan.
- School Recipe Finder
- Statewide Training Program for School Nutrition Professionals
- Tray Talk: SNA’s Communities for Healthy School Meals
- Michigan Team Nutrition – Facebook, Twitter, YouTube
- NSLP Food Fact Sheets
- Physician Statement