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I started The Lunch Tray back in May, 2010, shortly after I became involved in school food reform in Houston ISD.

In the School Food Standards «A practical guide for schools their cooks and caterers», one of the «Top Tips» is: «Encourage all children to have a meat - free day each week, using alternatives such as pulses, soya mince, tofu and Quorn ™.»

After earning a degree in hotel and restaurant management twenty - five years ago from Florida International University in Miami, Valenza returned north where his career in school food service began.

Spring is a time of renewal, and in school food service kitchens, I often find that teams are counting down the days before they split for the summer.

From procurement and finance to menu development and lunchroom education, this online course series provides in - depth training on how to implement effective change in school food programs.

A School Food Institute Certificate gives professionals a competitive edge in the school food service industry and equips them with the knowledge, skills, and strategic vision to operate top - notch school meal programs and to make real change to support the health of our children.

Participants in School Food Institute courses can access Chef Ann's extensive school food and culinary expertise through engaging video lectures, regular office hours, and individual feedback on assignments.

In Salad Bars in Schools, we're going to look at one of the most exciting trends in school food — the salad bar.

Times reporter Kim Severson mentioned in passing that Chef Ann Cooper, a pioneer in school food reform, was about to launch a series of video courses to help school professionals around the country bring more scratch - cooking to their meal programs.

To the contrary, the more I learn of the obstacles you all are up against, the more I admire those in school food service.

For more entry level food service employees we hope that these courses inspire them and help them understand the possibilities in school food.

provides effective money - saving and revenue - generating tools for use in any school kitchen or cafeteria... [including] examples, diagrams, charts, and worksheets that unlock the financial secrets to scratch - cooking in the school food environment and prove that a penny saved is much more than a penny earned.

The piece doesn't offer much in the way of solutions, but I thought it did a great job of capturing the current, entrenched problems in school food, at least in large, urban districts like L.A. and Houston.

I love the idea of swapping out «grace» or «wiggle room» for «flexibility,» a word which has become truly toxic in the school food reform community.

MF: We think that folks will be taking these courses for different reasons depending on their role in school food or advocacy.

Cooper, one of the true pioneers in school food reform, writes:

MF: In our School Food Finance course, we address how schools might use grants and fundraising to bolster their programs while transitioning to a healthier school food operation.

And so we urge all headteachers, parents and everyone involved in school food to download and read the Plan.

«Our team feels strongly that there is a need in school food service to have multiple experts, i.e. Registered Dietitians (R.D.)... I am committed fully to obtaining the necessary credentials to improve the health of our community specifically our youth.»

The petition, titled «Tell U.S.D.A. to stop using pink slime in school food,» garnered more than 200,000 signatures within nine days and prompted the U.S. Department of Agriculture to change its policy on using Lean Finely Textured Beef in the ground beef served in schools.

Orlando has 25 years experience in school food service having been the Director for San Francisco Unified and Los Angeles Unified School Districts as well as working for Houston Independent School District.

Anyone interested or involved in the school food sector can visit www.schoolfoodplan.com for detailed support and examples of what works well, while we would urge everyone to read the School Food Plan to learn about the full range of actions underway.

Parents of children in Houston ISD schools can look forward to some improvements in the school food this year, thanks to a cooperative effort between HISD / Aramark's Food Services and its recently formed Parent Advisory Committee.

In the School Food Plan, we imagined a new golden age for school food.

At the last Houston ISD Food Services Parent Advisory Committee meeting of the school year, we were given a lot of information about some promising changes ahead in school food for the 2011 - 12 school year.

Thank you, whoever you are, @PizzaLobby, for getting me to smile on an otherwise grim day in the school food world.

That might have reassured LAUSD since then viewers could see that a lot of the problems in school food, including theirs, presumably, relate to the severe lack of adequate funding to school districts.

Rivas has worked in school food for 34 years, winning a number of awards for the district meal programs she's supervised.

Last week I announced that I and a team of school lunch reform luminaries — Janet Poppendieck, Mrs. Q, Chef Ann Cooper, Ed Bruske, and Dr. Susan Rubin — are going to band together to answer a Lunch Tray reader's simple yet profound question — how does one parent begin to bring about change in school food?

It's to Adamick's credit that she realizes there are no one - size - fits - all solutions in school food reform, and her disclaimers should be heeded by lay readers.

Lindsey Palmer, RDN, LD, has been working in school food service and operations since the completion of her dietetic internship in 2008.

That topic is discussed in - depth in school food reformer Dana Woldow's recent interview of Justin Gagnon, CEO of Choicelunch.

Lunch Money is Adamick's effort to dispel «the myth that school food reform is cost prohibitive» by providing «effective money - saving and revenue - generating tools for use in any school kitchen or cafeteria... [including] examples, diagrams, charts, and worksheets that unlock the financial secrets to scratch - cooking in the school food environment and prove that a penny saved is much more than a penny earned.»

Apply for our Healthy Breakfast for Kids grant here: http://www.chefannfoundation.org/get-involved/our-grants/I have been working as a chef for over three decades and in school food for over one.

I have been working as a chef for over three decades and in school food for over one.

Here at The Lunch Box, our entire staff has hands - on experience in the school food revolution.

But if Congress increases reimbursement rates without reforming the use of federal funds in school food budgets, the end result could be significant costs to taxpayers coupled with little improvement in the quality of meals served.

About the Chef Ann FoundationFounded in 2009 by Chef Ann Cooper, a pioneer in school food reform, the Chef Ann Foundation (CAF) believes that every child should have access to fresh, healthy food every day so that they can develop healthy eating habits to last a lifetime.

After earning a degree in hotel and restaurant management twenty - five years ago from Florida International University in Miami, Valenza returned north where his career in school food service began.

And the three federal agencies involved in school food illness outbreaks — the Agriculture Department, the Food and Drug Administration, and the CDC — do not share critical information with each other.

This school year marks my eighth as the Food Service Director of Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) and my seventeenth working in school food reform.

* Many of us in the school food reform world have long predicted that elementary school kids would be the first to come around to healthier school food because they haven't had years of seeing junk food in their cafeterias.

ef Ann's 20 - plus years of experience in school food operations.

In this article from The Huffington Post, author Chris Elam talks about the launch of our groundbreaking new website advocating for major reform in school food, The Lunch Box.

Volunteering as a lunch lady in a school food program.

There are over 60,000 people working in school food — a «workforce bigger than the navy» — and they currently cater to 3.1 million children every day in schools across the country.

Croydon and Lambeth have emerged from a competitive selection process as London's Flagship Food Boroughs, an action in the School Food Plan.

There are over 60,000 people working in school food — a «workforce bigger...

If I'd seen these slides when I first got involved in school food reform back in 2010, I would have been astonished and angry.

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