October 19, 2021
USDA’s Team Nutrition provides several tips for navigating supply chain disruptions. 

Please share your personal experience with supply chain disruptions, including any issues surrounding labor, product shortages and item unavailability. Your story may be featured online and viewed by USDA and Congressional staff. 
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack visits Riverdale (Md.) Elementary School in honor of National School Lunch Week.  
On Friday, October 15, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Stacy Dean and USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Administrator Cindy Long hosted a virtual listening session with 19 school food industry executives to discuss their critical role in strengthening access to nutritious foods for school meals programs, now and into the future. 
 
On October 12, 2021, in recognition of National School Lunch Week, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joined students for school lunch at Riverdale Elementary School in Maryland. 
 
Learn more about the sodium reductions already achieved in school meals and why USDA should ease the timeline for Target 2 reductions, eliminate unachievable Final Target mandates and empower schools that are able to voluntarily reduce sodium beyond Target 2. 
SNA is hosting a series of webinars addressing COVID-19 to support school nutrition operators. If you missed a particular webinar, catch up with SNA’s on-demand webinars.    

SNA has partnered with the Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) to provide SNA members with the tools and skills they need to build relationships with legislators and policymakers. CMF works with both citizen groups and Members of Congress (MOC) to promote transparency, accountability and a strong dialogue between elected officials and constituents. 
SNA has new resources on the sodium reductions already achieved and why USDA should ease upcoming mandates.
Tuesday Takeaway
View an appreciation video message for school nutrition professionals from U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. 
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On October 19, 1781, British forces under General Charles Cornwallis signed terms of surrender effectively ending this war. 
Tuesday Morning is a weekly Web-based policy and awareness newsletter of the School Nutrition Association. The newsletter provides members with up-to-date federal legislative news as well as a sampling of child nutrition program media coverage. Additionally, state legislative activity is listed.