Stories and Current Projects
Montana School Meals Certificate Program
Montana Team Nutrition offered a 40-hour comprehensive professional development program called the Montana School Meals Certificate (MSMC) Program during the 2023-2024 school year. Funding was supported by a USDA Team Nutrition grant with the goal of supporting new school Food Service Directors.
Find feature stories celebrating nine of the MSMC schools' accomplishments and their stellar school meal programs here.
One of Anderson's many accomplishments is having 60% fo food served sourced locally!
Augusta Public Schools
Augusta puts a lot of effort into scratch-cooked meals, including lots of delicilous baked goods from scratch!
Belfry does a great job offering multiple options for breakfast and lunch, empowering students to feel good about their meal times.
The entire school nutrition team at Clancy completed the MSMC program!
Dillon implemented a weekly taste-test program that is very engaging for students!
Gardiner excels at minimizing food waste with some really smart strategies and supportive environment for students.
Power demonstrates super cool collaboration opportunities by having FCS students process foods that will be served in their lunches!
Somers does so much with their food service program, including successful implementation of Montana Harvest of the Month to showcase regional foods.
Vaughn has an exceptional breakfast program, with 90% student participation!
Montana Farm to School Stories
Visit the Montana Farm to School Stories page to to learn about Farm to School projects around the state!