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Welcome to Nutrition and Food Services


Our Mission
is to help students, educators, and staff achieve excellence by promoting nutrition, fitness, and well-being complemented with low cost, nutritious, well-balanced, and good-tasting quality meals. 

 

Our Vision is we are dedicated to building the education of our students and other customers one plate at a time.

 

Our Philosophy is that a child’s comprehensive development depends on a combination of physical, mental and psychosocial factors. The School Nutrition Program in combination with academia, applicable school-based community programs, physical education and adequate activity are important aspects of a child’s physical, mental and psychosocial development. Our successful alliance will achieve the common goal of comprehensive child development including enhanced learning through the facilitated provision of nutrition and physical education, healthy meals, adequate physical activity, and diverse mentoring.

 

Our Motto is good nutrition is a catalyst for quality teaching and learning! Why? It is because good health partly stems from good nutrition which impacts quality teaching and learning. Hence, we encourage both teacher and student to support and promote our food and nutrition services every day.



The Nutrition and Food Services Department is made up of a team of food and nutrition professionals that are ServSafe certified and dedicated to students' health, well-being and their ability to learn. We support lifelong learning by promoting lifelong healthy nutrition and fitness practices.



Meals, foods, and beverages sold or served at schools meet state and federal requirements which are based on the USDA Dietary Guidelines. We provide students with access to a variety of affordable and appealing foods that meet the health and nutrition needs of students, educators, and/or other stakeholders.

 

 

NCSS School Nutrition Wins 2023 Golden Radish Award!

Local Educational Agencies in Georgia who are doing extraordinary work with Farm-to-School have the opportunity to earn the Golden Radish Award. The Georgia Department of Education, Georgia Department of Agriculture, Georgia Department of Public Health, and the University of Georgia’s Family and Consumer Science Department present the award. Newton County School System has earned the Golden Radish Award recognition since the inception of the recognition program in 2013. The Golden Radish Award recognizes school systems that actively engage in Farm-to-School initiatives as outlined by the United States Department of Agriculture.

 

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(l-r: UGA FACS Associate Dean, Allisen Penn, State School Superintendent, Richard Woods, Newton County School Nutrition Director, Abdul Lindsay, Newton County Culinary Coordinator, Tanesha Baker, State School Nutrition Director, Dr. Linette Dodson)

Golden Radish 2023 Farm-to-School Initiatives!

 

 

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NCSS School Nutrition proudly participates in the Farm-to-School Program! 

We proudly feature locally grown items on our menus.  Fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, peaches, strawberries and blueberries, just to name a few.  We are the recipient of a 2017, 2018, and 2019 Gold-level Golden Radish Award which honors school districts that have school gardens, feature locally grown food items, and provide Farm-to-School educational activities!

 

 

Farm-to-School for Fresh Fruits & Vegetables

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Across the country, an increasing number of schools and districts have begun to source more foods locally and to provide complementary educational activities to students that emphasize food, farming, and nutrition. This nationwide movement is designed to enrich children’s bodies and minds while supporting local economies is often referred to as “Farm-to-School.”

One of the objectives of the School Nutrition Department is to serve healthy meals in school cafés and improve student nutrition, while providing agriculture, health and nutrition education opportunities in support of our local and regional farmers.

The key is to make these fresh options available and to encourage kids to try new things. Farm-to-School programs link school students and farmers in a way that improves foods offered in schools; educates kids about healthy eating and local foods; and creates income opportunities for farmers supplying schools.

A Farm-to-School Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program can be an important catalyst for change in our efforts to combat childhood obesity by helping children learn more healthful eating habits. It has also been proven to be a successful way to introduce kids and teens to a variety of produce that they otherwise might not have the opportunity to sample. 

Please encourage our children to taste test our featured Georgia Grown produce (harvest) of the month. Our menus indicate the produce of the month harvested by our hardworking Georgia farmers and is our signature Farm-to-School promotion activity. Thanks in advance for promoting our nutrition and food services!

 

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