Organic is not a word you would find on
a public school lunch menu in the U.S. where «cheaper is better» seems to be the theme.
Now here we are in 2012, things are moving in the right direction: federal laws have passed both in America and France to mandate to healthier food dishes and menus on
all public school lunch menus in both countries.
Do you know that
each public school lunch menu must meet basic nutritional requirements?
So, I checked out
the public school lunch menus and they are the same — reads like a typical restaurant menu here.
Not exact matches
On a recent winter day at a Chicago
public high
school, «fish tacos» were on the
lunch menu.
Backyard Farms, a large - scale hydroponic tomato farm, learned that Madison
Public Schools was on the wait list to receive a salad bar so they could incorporate more fresh, nutritious food into their
school lunch menu.
Chicago
Public Schools officials have announced new, healthier
school lunch menus, but a big question remains.
Why not compare
school lunch menus from two
public schools, one in America and one in France?
Many of you have already seen on TLT's Facebook page today's New York Times blog account of a New York City fourth - grader named Zachary who secretly filmed the
lunches at his
public school cafeteria, often revealing a startling disparity between the
school menu's glowing description of the meal and the dismal food actually served.
But a search of online
school lunch menus found that «alternate» or «alternative»
lunches of a sandwich (usually cheese or peanut butter) along with juice or milk were being served this month in
public school districts in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington state.
Around that same time, D.C.
Public Schools hired a new food services director, Jeffrey Mills, who scoured the entire Chartwells
menu item - by - item, removing the flavored milk and processed treats and replacing many of the familiar re-heated
lunch items.
Two years ago here on BrightonYourHealth, we focused a lot of energy on this topic and fueled the
public's interest by providing a successful analysis comparing thirty days of typical
school menus in France to America (interested in seeing these articles click on category:
school lunch on top of this page).
Around the same time, Chicago
Public Schools students protested their
school lunch menu, and district officials agreed to overhaul the
menu for the next
school year to reduce or eliminate things such as nachos, doughnuts and cookies.