This nutrition and food management curriculum guide includes resources within two sections. The first section (Unit I) emphasizes food management and stresses resource management, time management, and coordination of departmental resources. A variety of forms are provided to facilitate recordkeeping, budgeting, and departmental organization. The examples provided are designed to increase both instructor and student efficiency. The second section of the guide (Units II-V) emphasizes nutrition and food as resources contributing to family health and well-being. These units cover the following topics: the significance of food, nutritional needs and the life cycle, nutrition for special needs, and maximizing the food dollar. Units contain transparency masters, assignment sheets, handouts for students, job sheets, tests, objectives, information sheets, learning activities, and references. Units are illustrated with line drawings. (KC)