School Nutrition Professionals


Mushrooms make the grade.
Both fresh and IQF mushrooms can help schools serve on-trend, innovative, delicious, kid-friendly meals while complying with USDA guidelines and reaching their farm to school goals.

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.

Pizza Salad

Asian Marinated Mushrooms

Chicken Marsala

Veggie Pizza with Fresh Mushrooms

Fresh Mushrooms
Fresh mushrooms are a great addition to meals kids love like pizza, hamburgers, tacos, salads and more.
IQF Mushrooms
Finely chopped IQF mushrooms blend seamlessly into meatballs, hamburgers, tacos, casseroles and many other classic ground meat entrees that students love. And they look and taste just like ground meat!


Let Your School Menu Speak to Consumer Trends this Semester

The Many Health Benefits of Mushrooms for School Meals

Tips for Making USDA Foods Allocations for School Year 2021-2022
Calendar
The Mushroom Council participates in a number of noteworthy industry events, samplings, presentations, conferences, and tradeshows. See what retail events we’ll be attending this year.

All About Mushrooms
Mushrooms are nature’s hidden treasure: always in season and grown year-round. Learn more about the magnificent mushroom – from nutritional benefits to umami – we shed some light on this versatile superfood.


Press Releases
Find our past and present press releases distributed by the Mushroom Council.