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The Sugar Association is sharing sweet facts about sugarbeets and sugarcane with teachers and their students through the STEM program. In April 2022 the Sugar Association was accredited by STEM.org, a private education and research and credential program. The association for many years had been providing educational materials to the public and took the next step to become accredited to enhance their status as a trusted educational resource for teachers, said Maria Scott, Sugar Association scientific affairs consultant. The Sugar Association’s packet STEM resources page that it shares with teachers include a variety of lesson plans, videos and scientific experiments for teachers to use in their classrooms. The resources, which are available to students from kindergarten to 12th, are geared toward their grades in school. Scott encourages sugarbeet farmers, others in the sugarbeet industry and anyone interested in sharing information about sugar to share the National Real Sugar Day lesson plan with their local educators and invite them to celebrate with their students during the week of Oct. 14, 2023, the second annual National Real Sugar Day.
October 16, 2024
“New school lunch guidelines from USDA are aimed at reducing added sugars in students’ diets. For the sugar industry, the guidelines are a ‘mixed bag,” Courtney Gaine, of the Sugar Association, says. …Courtney Gaine, a registered dietician who is president of the Sugar Association — which describes itself as the scientific voice of the U.S. […]
October 7, 2024
“Courtney Gaine, Ph.D., R.D., President and CEO for the Sugar Association in Washington, D.C., discusses consumer education, health trends and the evolving role of sugar in baking. …“Advocating for evidence-based policies about sugar and educating key audiences has never been more important, and it has never required more commitment and investment of time and resources. […]
September 19, 2024
“The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is adding tension to the front-of-pack ingredient trends. The FDA announced that it will require food and beverage manufacturers to disclose “added sugars” on the front of packaging. The new rules for added sugars are due in October, according to the FDA, in an attempt to educate consumers about […]
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