2020 OSNA Annual Industry Seminar
& USDA Foods Show
Friday, October 9, 2020
via ZOOM
OSNA is going virtual for this year’s Annual Industry Seminar and USDA Foods Processing Show!
Please join us on Oct. 9, 2020 for a full day of “Virtually Perfect School Meals”-themed education and information.This year’s conference and food show will be presented entirely online over Zoom. Please fill out the form on Google Drive to register as a school district attendee. (Please fill out one registration form for each attendee.)
Attendees will be emailed a Zoom link and a link to a separate USDA Foods Processing Show Product Interest form to determine which product presentation breakout rooms they are interested in attending. Links will be emailed to attendees by October 2.
There is NO FEE for OSNA member attendees this year.
Register by Sept. 25 to receive Zoom and processing show interest links.
2020 Industry Seminar Program
Theme: Virtually Perfect School Meals
Program Agenda
Featured Speaker: Garrett Berdan, RDN, LD
Garrett Berdan is a registered dietitian nutritionist and chef. As a culinary nutrition consultant, Garrett specializes in K-12 school nutrition programs, quantity recipe development, culinary training, food communications and marketing, and spokesperson work. His career includes experience in nutrition and culinary communications, program management, culinary instruction, work as a retail dietitian, and production assistance for a Food Network television program. Garrett has written for Today’s Dietitian, Food and Nutrition Magazine, and the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine.
After becoming a registered dietitian nutritionist, Garrett realized that he wanted to know a lot more about culinary arts and science in order to be a well-rounded food and nutrition professional. In 2004 Garrett attended The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone where he received the CIA Award for Culinary Achievement upon completing their Accelerated Culinary Arts Certificate Program. In 2014 he began serving on the national advisory committee for Healthy Flavors, Healthy Kids, an initiative of the Culinary Institute of America. He continues to be involved as the Membership Chair of the CIA Healthy Kids Collaborative. <http://www.ciahealthykids.com>
In 2011 The White House honored Garrett as a Champion of Change for his work with school nutrition programs and Chefs Move to Schools. Garrett’s experience with Chefs Move to Schools is featured in First Lady Michelle Obama’s book American Grown.
Growing up in Wenatchee, Washington, family time often meant working together in their apple and cherry orchards, and occasionally moving beef cattle on horseback. This exposure to agriculture gave Garrett an appreciation for the hard work that goes into producing nourishing foods.
Garrett is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the Food and Culinary Professionals (FCP) Dietetic Practice Group, the School Nutrition Services Dietetic Practice Group, the School Nutrition Association, and the Oregon Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. He has held many elected and appointed leadership positions with both the Oregon Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and FCP.
Registration Info & Rates
FREE