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Hey, this is neat: I just found out that selected
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Minutes ago, the Washington Post published online a follow - up story by Ferdman (a story which will appear in tomorrow's print paper) that unequivocally confirms McDonald's pulled the plug on the entire Cisna / 540 Meals in - school program — and that it did so last fall, right around the time of my initial
Lunch Tray posts, our Change.org petition and Ferdman's original front page report.
My friend Sally Kuzemchak at Real Mom Nutrition recently shared her top 10 most - read posts from last year (it's a great list, by the way - check it out), and that had me wondering: what
Lunch Tray posts were you reading most often in 2015?
Lisa: It's great when I see that older
Lunch Tray posts are still interesting to readers, like this one.
My friend Sally Kuzemchak at Real Mom Nutrition recently shared her top 10 most - read posts from last year (it's a great list, by the way — check it out), and that had me wondering: what
Lunch Tray posts were you reading most often in 2015?
If at any point you want to cry «uncle» — too many
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As I argued in one of my first
Lunch Tray posts («The Birthday Cupcake Debate Heats Up «-RRB-, when a child is at school, he or she is as captive to what goes on there as a person in an elevator is captive to second - hand smoke.
Various
Lunch Tray posts have appeared in Mark Bittman's «What We're Reading Now» column (June 25, 2015, June 4, 2015, September 27, 2013, October 10, 2013)
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Well, I shared a modified version of
my Lunch Tray post over on the Huffington Post and I've been interested to see that many HuffPo commenters just don't think junk food snacks at games are a problem at all.
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When, in the days that followed,
my Lunch Tray post garnered a lot of attention and discussion both on the blog and on Facebook and Twitter, I continued to visit your site periodically for any newer information you might provide, but none was available.
The Number One Most - Read
Lunch Tray post of 2015 was... [drumroll]...
[Ed Update: Be sure to also read
this Lunch Tray post about Rep. Pingree's «sign - on» letter now going through Congress.]
In yesterday's
Lunch Tray post, I explained to readers how chicken processed in China could easily wind up in school meals, despite a Q & A on the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) website which gives a «no «answer in response the... [Continue reading]
Flash back to May 26, 2010, the publication date of my very first
Lunch Tray post.
Here's a current list of the media outlets that have already picked up Monday's
Lunch Tray post:
Yesterday I shared with you a list of news outlets that picked up Monday's
Lunch Tray post exposing 540 Meals: Choices Make the Difference, a troubling new McDonald's documentary intended for use as «nutrition education» in schools.
(I won't recap here all of the details of the proposed rules, but
this Lunch Tray post will give you a solid -LSB-...]
I can't wait to hear how your date goes, and I'll also offer a round - up of your stories and photos in a future
Lunch Tray post.
More to come on this and related Congressional school food developments in an upcoming
Lunch Tray post.
This recent
Lunch Tray post contains several very easy steps you can take to show your support for healthier school meals, and -LSB-...]
I want to update you on yesterday's
Lunch Tray post, in which I shared Nancy Huehnergarth's excellent reporting on a Gatorade video game which was explicitly designed to teach kids that «water is the enemy» of athletic performance.
-LSB-...] want to update you on yesterday's
Lunch Tray post, in which I shared Nancy Huehnergarth's excellent reporting on a Gatorade video game which -LSB-...]
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The article reminded me of this 2016
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You can see the question and answer on
this The Lunch Tray post http://www.thelunchtray.com/the-mystery-food-services-director-answers-a-question-from-kids/ , which you'll want to read because the information isn't scripted as well as it might -LSB-...]
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-LSB-...] I almost didn't say anything at all, but today Bettina of
The Lunch Tray posted her wonderful and balanced response, and a few people encouraged me to add my thoughts.
This recent
Lunch Tray post contains several very easy steps you can take to show your support for healthier school meals, and most of them don't take more than a few seconds.
-LSB-...] I published my manifesto, a comment happened to come in on a much older
Lunch Tray post («Sarah Palin and Birthday Treats Redux «-RRB- about Sarah Palin's 2010 publicity stunt of bringing sugar cookies to a Pennsylvania -LSB-...]
In yesterday's
Lunch Tray post, I explained to readers how chicken processed in China could easily wind up in school meals, despite a Q & A on the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) website which gives a «no» answer in response the question «Will chicken processed in China be included in school lunches?»
I relied heavily on Ambinder's article in
a Lunch Tray post I wrote back in May, but I eventually decided not to publish it (for a variety of reasons).
-LSB-...] yesterday's
Lunch Tray post, I explained to readers how chicken processed in China could easily wind up in school meals, -LSB-...]
Some of you may remember my 2011
Lunch Tray post («Social Media and Social Stigma on the Lunch Line «-RRB- in which I reported that students in HISD were taking cell phone pictures of kids standing in the federally reimbursed school meal line, then sharing these photos on social media with disparaging comments.
Not exact matches
-LSB-...] few weeks ago I ended my
post, «Confessions of a Sideline - Sitter,» by urging
Lunch Tray readers to get actively involved in improving school food (as well as food -LSB-...]
-LSB-...] was originally published as a guest
post on The
Lunch Tray) A few years ago I was asked to share the story of my transition from military pilot to mother for -LSB-...]
Bettina Elias Siegel who pens the always thought provoking The
Lunch Tray fueled my school food frustrations via this post about the political fighting and blame going on over how and who is going to fix the school lunch programs and
Lunch Tray fueled my school food frustrations via this
post about the political fighting and blame going on over how and who is going to fix the school
lunch programs and
lunch programs and more.
When I
post again about donation, I'll email you directly with the link, but for now I'm so glad you found The
Lunch Tray, and thank you for commenting!
A parent recently contacted me: I don't know where to
post this on The
Lunch Tray, so I am writing directly to you.
Earlier in the week I
posted on The
Lunch Tray Facebook page a salmonella warning issued by Unilever (my former employer - yikes!)
Can't wait to see what
Lunch Tray readers have to say, and I hope to be
posting some thoughts of my own as well.
All content on The
Lunch Tray (with the exception of content created by or licensed from third parties) is © Bettina Elias Siegel, [year of publication, which is indicated in the byline of each
post] and is digitally protected by Digiprove.
I don't know where to
post this on The
Lunch Tray, so I am writing directly to you.
In writing this
post, I can already identify in my head certain
Lunch Tray readers by name (and you know who you are) who are about to cancel their blog subscription in protest.
Wow - I just realized it's been three weeks since I last
posted on The
Lunch Tray!