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    Open NOW! Submit your entry to The Kids Eat Mushrooms Too! Recipe Contest

    We’re looking for your favorite recipe that utilizes fresh mushrooms in a delicious and innovative way! Enter your recipe in our contest and you could win BIG. The K-12 contest is open from July 30th to September 30th! For entry requirements, prizes, and to submit your recipe, click below. We can’t wait to see what you come up with!

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    From lessons, to recipes, grab-and-go package labels, training and more, the Mushrooms in Schools website has a variety of FREE resources to help you and your foodservice team promote mushrooms in your cafeteria, classrooms, community, and beyond.

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    Featured Resource!

    Looking for lesson plans that meet standards and are ready to go? Mushrooms in Schools has lesson plans ready for your children to learn with activities about mushroom types, care, and much more! Explore all of our resources for child care and WIC.

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    Culinary Training

    Looking to add flavor to your menus? Mushrooms in Schools has on-demand training approved for 1 CEU that will help your staff to deepen their culinary skills and showcase mushrooms on menus.

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    Farm to School

    The mighty mushroom, grown indoors year-round, is ideal for hands-on demonstrations, classroom growing experiments, and tasty scratch-made meals that support your Farm to School Program! To maximize your efforts and minimize your workload, we have several easy to implement resources available.

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    Classroom Education

    Mushrooms are not only fun to eat, they’re fun to learn about too! From exploring the mushroom growing cycle to understanding the many health benefits of mushrooms, our resources can assist you and your teachers in reinforcing and promoting mushroom nutrition education with your students.

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    Feed Your Immune System

    Mushrooms are nutritional powerhouses packed with important nutrients, such as vitamin B-6 and potassium (6% of the daily value) and many more! Adding mushrooms to your meals enhances flavor and nutrient density while supporting a healthy immune system. Fresh mushrooms are a great addition to meals kids love like pizza, hamburgers, tacos, salads and more.

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    Mushrooms are healthy on the plate and gentle on the planet

    Mushrooms provide many of the same nutritional benefits as vegetables, as well as attributes commonly found in meat, beans and grains. Did you know mushrooms are fat-free, low calorie, nutrient-dense, and low in sodium? Try creating mushrooms for your entree!

    Check out our Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes

    Sourcing Mushrooms

    Whether your mushrooms are sourced from commercial distributors or through USDA DoD Foods, it’s easy and affordable to enhance students’ favorite entrees with mushrooms (as a bonus, they’re grown year-round, and are local!). We created a Mushroom Sourcing Catalog to help you procure fresh mushrooms.

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