Sentences with phrase «about better school food»

First, organize a group of like minded parents and others who care about better school food.

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It would fund campaigns to educate consumers about food waste, as well as promote efforts to teach kids in schools about waste.

It's easy to put each other in a box or make a little rule book for ourselves about what Good Christian Women Do and Look Like and then even sub boxes below that about Schooling and Discipline and Food and so on.

The meal options I came up with had to be: # 1 things that would be fairly easy to prepare (I wasn't about to take an extra hour on Sunday to make something elaborate), # 2 had to be foods I could easily manipulate the nutritional profile for (ensuring a balance of protein, carbs, and fat), # 3 the food had to store well in the fridge or freezer, # 4 they had to reheat well in either the toaster or microwave OR be eaten cold right from the fridge, and # 5 ideally, they needed to be things she could easily eat in the car on the way to school (remember, it takes us at least 20 minutes with no traffic to get to school so eating in the car gives us even MORE time to sleep lol).

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Equally vital is the message we give them about where our food comes from, concepts of animal welfare, sustainability, healthy eating and environmental responsibility — and where better to learn this than at school?

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«As the father of two school - age girls, I understand the struggle busy parents often face to find quick, kid - friendly, organic foods they can feel good about serving without skimping on the nutrition their kids need to thrive.

It would be great if we could get hundreds of schools to join the Food Waste Challenge and spread the word about these good efforts... and stimulate more!»

Ultimately, children and young people will go on to make their own decisions about what they eat, but as long as schools offer students the opportunity to think, discuss and debate the issues as well as to cook and eat good vegetarian food, a weekly meat free day provides them with the knowledge and experience with which to make informed, responsible and compassionate choices.

It provides in - depth programming that helps grow local food procurement capacity; educates the public about the importance and impact of Good Food; engages local school districts; and illuminates local, statewide and national food polfood procurement capacity; educates the public about the importance and impact of Good Food; engages local school districts; and illuminates local, statewide and national food polFood; engages local school districts; and illuminates local, statewide and national food polfood policy.

The Brighton and Hove Food Partnership are crowdfunding throughout February for a Community Kitchen - a cookery school where everyone can eat, learn about and share good fFood Partnership are crowdfunding throughout February for a Community Kitchen - a cookery school where everyone can eat, learn about and share good foodfood.

The report calls for the creation of innovative public - private partnership arrangements, as well as partnerships involving different levels of government, civil society organizations, and donor organizations, in areas from crop technology to the provision of school feeding programs to help bring about sustainable food security throughout Asia.

And you raise a good point about open campuses — once kids are in high school, if they have transportation and funds, there's nothing to keep them from eating fast food every day, just as you say.

So if something is bugging you about kids and food — whether it's the unnecessary «refueling» with Oreos at the 10 am soccer match, the prevalence of highly processed food on your child's lunch tray, or the Sunday school teacher who hands out candy for good behavior — speak up and get involved.

John Vincent writes about his experience of school food in the 70s and 80s and reflects on how much better school food is today: I was at school in the 1970s and 1980s.

It's an incredible opportunity for school nutrition professionals in Arizona to learn more about breakfast - in - the - classroom, to hear from their peers who have successfully implementing BIC, and to network with state - level partners as well as the original Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom: Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), the National Association of Elementary School Principals Foundation (NAESPF), the National Education Association Health Information Network (NEA HIN), and the School Nutrition Foundation school nutrition professionals in Arizona to learn more about breakfast - in - the - classroom, to hear from their peers who have successfully implementing BIC, and to network with state - level partners as well as the original Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom: Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), the National Association of Elementary School Principals Foundation (NAESPF), the National Education Association Health Information Network (NEA HIN), and the School Nutrition Foundation School Principals Foundation (NAESPF), the National Education Association Health Information Network (NEA HIN), and the School Nutrition Foundation School Nutrition Foundation (SNF).

Bettina Siegel blogs about food and food policy related to children over at The Lunch Tray, but you may know her better for her work on «pink slime;» in 2012, she garnered more than 258,000 signatures on a Change.org petition that led the USDA to change its policy on a low - quality ground beef product used in schools.

John Vincent writes about his experience of school food in the 70s and 80s and reflects on how much better school food is today:

NCTL sets standards for head teacher training, and in order to foster a good food culture within schools, head teachers themselves need to be well - informed about nutrition, diet and cooking.

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Then Jenna Pepper, a vegetable and nutrition enthusiast who blogs over at Food With Kid Appeal, brought up the point in her excellent article that if we continue to feed them junk food and don't collectively teach our kids, at home and at school, about the joys and benefits of eating real food, children will pick the crap over the good stuff when given the choFood With Kid Appeal, brought up the point in her excellent article that if we continue to feed them junk food and don't collectively teach our kids, at home and at school, about the joys and benefits of eating real food, children will pick the crap over the good stuff when given the chofood and don't collectively teach our kids, at home and at school, about the joys and benefits of eating real food, children will pick the crap over the good stuff when given the chofood, children will pick the crap over the good stuff when given the choice.

«One of the best ways for schools to get inspired about the School Food Plan and the new cooking classes coming in September is by seeing what other schools are already doing brilliantly.

«Rewarding children with unhealthy foods in school undermines our efforts to teach them about good nutrition.

It's wonderful when you hear good news about school food improvements, and everyone's first instinct is to march into their... [Continue reading]

If you really want to improve school meals, here are 10 effective ways to support the hard - working school nutrition HEROES who are reshaping local and national food systems, teaching kids about where food comes from, and feeding millions of children their best meals of the day — every day — in thousands of schools across our country.

Well the good news about school lunches is that a school can actually spend LESS money and get far superior food!

McMillan's report offers a good, if somewhat depressing, snapshot of the state of local school food sourcing nationwide, finding that «only about 13 percent of the food budgets at schools serving local food actually went to stuff that was grown nearby.»

Check back with us to find out what we learned about on topics raised in our National Dairy Council listening sessions, the SNF Breakfast - in - the - Classroom panel, and an information - packed session on best practices for food allergies in school nutrition.

-LSB-...] to get her well - informed take on school food reform issues (most recently after reading about the Chicago school food «miracle» reported in the Chicago Tribune).

Poppendieck (whom I often refer to on this site as my «school lunch guru») was responding to my post «Lessons from a Bowl of Oatmeal» in which I posit that changing lunch menus is only half the battle — if we don't also educate students about new foods and encourage them to taste new items on their lunch tray, all of our best efforts at reform are doomed to fail.

If you were a TLT Facebook fan, you would also have gotten tons of great tips for nutritious - but - not - too - messy car snacks for kids (thanks, readers, for responding), some good school food news out of Minnesota, news about the pending school food regulations, and a cute photo of a TLT reader holding her very own vintage TLT lunch tray, won in a recent giveaway.

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Written by the Times's City Critic (aka Ariel Kaminer), it shares some good news about the current state of New York City school food, which began to undergo reform six or seven years ago.

I have spent some time writing about school lunch topics on my blog as well, but have recently been focusing on wider subjects in the sustainable food system as they pertain to government policy and activism.

Another report says that the menu will now include «Salvadorean beef stew, chicken tandoori, Asian pad thai, California sushi roll and teriyaki beef and broccoli with brown rice,» but also notes the district says the changes were already in the pipeline well before Jamie even showed up in L.A. (And given what I know about school food procurement in my own large urban district, which I'm told can have a year - long lag time, that seems likely to be true.)

Now, no one wants to pooh - pooh the prospect of little kids falling ill from food poisoning, but I know I'm not the only parent (and daily packer of school lunches) who heard about this study and, well, scoffed.

Now the new snack standards end up being all about tweaked fat grams and calories instead of the true intention — which was to provide better quality foods to kids in schools.

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When I had my op - ed about school food in the Houston Chronicle last summer, many readers wrote in to say, hey, whatever happened to the good, old - fashioned sandwich?

Under the heading, «better late than never,» I wanted to post about a great show that's been featured on Martha Stewart Radio, hosted by New York chef, public school parent and school food activist, Bill Telepan.

And I think about the parents who don't have the time or money or resources or food knowledge to pack their kids» lunch, from the single mom of my son's friend who has a super-high-powered job and no time, to the kids at his school who are well below the poverty line whose parents can't afford to pack lunch for them.

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I've written a lot over the years (really, A LOT - see the Related Links below) about junk food in school classrooms, whether distributed by teachers as rewards for good behavior and academic performance or served as part of birthday or classroom... [Continue reading]

I want to thank the reporter, Claudia Feldman, for taking time to speak with me about issues I — and most of you — care so much about: trying hard to feed our kids well in a less - than - healthy food environment; improving school food; and yes, my pet peeve of food in the classroom for birthday treats or performance rewards.

The basic tenets of good nutrition are sneaking their way into the public consciousness, especially in school cafeterias, where concern is mounting about the typical fare of high - fat, deep - fried foods frequently served for lunch.

«If we never changed from what we did in 1946, I don't think you could say too many good things about school lunch,» said Paula Schmicker, who directs the food service program for Elgin Area Unit District 46.

Sometimes when I feel like I'm the only one out there who cares about what kids are eating at school, I read the Lunch Tray or Better School Food and I realize I'm not alone aschool, I read the Lunch Tray or Better School Food and I realize I'm not alone aSchool Food and I realize I'm not alone at all.

Most TLT readers are probably familiar with Mrs. Q, the anonymous teacher somewhere in the Midwest who, through her Fed Up With Lunch project, committed to eating the same school food as her students for one full year, as well as photographing the meals and blogging about them.

But we've also heard consensus about the challenges: Around funding, around how to procure locally grown food, around how to ensure food safety standards are met, and how to incorporate better salad bars in schools in a way that counts for reimbursable meals.