Michelle Sagedahl, Rd Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Assist in the administration of the Robbinsdale Child Nutrition Program, which serves approximately 4,500 breakfast and 9,500 lunches per day, ensuring compliance with all state and federal regulations• Responsible for hiring all positions under six hours per day• Supervise and train ~110 Child Nutrition staff on quality food production to include menu planning, standardized recipes, acceptability, cost control, contribution to meal plan and marketing• Plan cost-effective menus to meet regulations and are acceptable to customers while utilizing commodities, rebated food products, Minnesota School Food Buying Group bid products and local Farm to School items• Oversee all aspects of the catering department including catering menu development, pricing and execution of events• Coordinate Summer Food Service Program including menu planning, hiring staff and conducting required training and evaluation• Apply for and implement grants to further enhance the Child Nutrition Department• Assess customer preference through taste tests, and monitoring meal counts and participation rates

• Chair Education Committee and Annual Conference Workshop Committee• Chair Skills Camp (one or two day conference to develop technical skills)• Co-chair MSNA trainer network committee• Attend board meetings and actively participate in agenda action items

• Assist in menu development that meets Healthy Hunger-Free Kids USDA guidelines, exposes children to all food groups, new food items and provides nutritious meals • Maintain and update the nutrient analysis program, Nutrikids Menu Planning, and standardized recipe manuals • Develop the monthly “Healthy Family Newsletter” to promote healthy lifestyles and positive food/nutrition choices • Implement nutrition education and taste testing in the cafeteria and after school classes to expose children varieties of food • Monitor, develop and adjust menus for all student’s with food allergies, intolerances and food modifications • Chair and maintain the district’s Wellness Policy; also sit on the Staff Wellness Committee meetings • Apply for and implement grants to further enhance the Food and Nutrition Department

Breckenridge, Mn

• Assisted and directed menu development, weekly food production records, food orders and bread orders • Developed, created and implemented recipes and promotional flyers for Farm to School food items • Performed monthly nutrition visits to students in the classroom and provided taste testing of fruits and vegetables • Organized and developed Standardized Recipe Manual and Child Nutrition Labels for the Minnesota Department of Education Coordinated Review Effort audit

Fargo, North Dakota Area

• Provided medical nutrition therapy and nutrition education for rehabilitation, long-term care, wound healing and dialysis/renal patients using the nutrition care process • Communicated effectively with doctors and nurses about how to meet patient’s nutritional needs

Moorhead, Mn

• Participated in the certification process and counseled families on nutrition for human development

Moorhead, Mn

• Advised cultural minorities, mainly of Hispanic origin, on proper nutrition and food choices

Commission On Accreditation For Dietetic Education Approved Dietetic Internship

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Food/Nutrition/Dietetics; Business And Spanish Minors

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