Sentences with phrase «about school food reform»

Sarah's book, also titled Fed Up With Lunch, is as much a personal memoir as it is a book about school food reform.

Now that my kids are no longer in the public school system, a few people have asked whether I'll continue to write and advocate about school food reform.

I am not going to even go into any of the reasons why or why not it can not be done, as it just does not pertain to my feelings about school food reform.

A serious, Erin Brockovich - type movie about school food reform, starring a serious actor?

Last week I'd mentioned former Washington Post report / school food blogger Ed Bruske's somewhat pessimistic post about school food reform.

Just as when I write about school food reform, I welcome comments and guest posts from school food service workers sharing their unique perspective, it's been illuminating to hear from educators about this issue.

I've thoroughly enjoyed a day without thinking about school food reform.

I invited Mike to comment on that article if he desired, and ever since he and Dana have been having an intense, informative debate about school food reform — the costs, what's possible, the validity of Oliver's accomplishments, the role an outsider like J.O. can or can not play, and more — that I think you'll really want to read.

I do feel that these arguments, while sometimes heated, draw out key issues about school food reform and give everyone, myself included, something to think about.

Whenever you talk about school food reform, it's entirely predictable that a small subset of commenters will ask why, if school meals are so inferior, kids don't just bring a PBJ and an apple from home.

Not exact matches

School food reform is about more than nourishing ingredients on a plate.

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.

I do get your point about school - food reform, but I think we need to remember that the mission of the show is to raise food IQ.

As we've talked about many times on The Lunch Tray, school food reform will only be successful if parents and districts work together collaboratively, each respecting the concerns and expertise of the other.

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?

In furtherance of that goal, graduates of the Lunch Teachers ® Culinary Boot Camps are recognized as culinary ambassadors who lead the school food reform in their own districts and embrace their essential role in teaching children about the pleasures and benefits of eating real food prepared in a healthful manner.

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.

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.

-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).

I've been involved directly in school food reform for about one year — certainly not long enough to be a war - weary veteran, by any means.

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.

As I say in my tagline, it's about «kids and food, in school and out,» and because of my own interest and involvement in school food reform on the ground, there's often a lot of talk about that here.

Remember, too, that this isn't just about * school * food reform.

Yesterday 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?

And I'm clearly not alone in my views about the grim economics of school food reform.

While I still feel that «Food Revolution» fell short when it came to showing viewers the hard realities of school food reform, the show was invaluable for its vivid depiction of serious problems in our society, problems which we hear about so often in the media that it's easy to tune them Food Revolution» fell short when it came to showing viewers the hard realities of school food reform, the show was invaluable for its vivid depiction of serious problems in our society, problems which we hear about so often in the media that it's easy to tune them food reform, the show was invaluable for its vivid depiction of serious problems in our society, problems which we hear about so often in the media that it's easy to tune them out.

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.

Within the important new category of «School Food Reform Resources for Parents,» there are two sites in particular that I want to be sure you know about.

-LSB-...] in my mind these past few days, and after a rather exhausting day yesterday of ranting about, and protesting for, school food reform, I feel thoroughly sick of the whole topic.

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Sen. Dick Durbin will introduce a package of legislative reforms Tuesday designed to bolster the safety of school meals by requiring more stringent tests for disease - causing organisms and by giving school authorities more information about the safety records of food suppliers.

Regular TLT readers know all about the (misguided) Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill passed by the House Education & the Workforce Committee, a bill which would roll back key school food reforms and put economically disadvantaged kids at risk.

Since I started this blog in 2010, I constantly wrestle, as a parent and as a person involved in school food reform, about the tension between what kids should be eating and what kids want to eat.

-LSB-...] Readers with a long memory might recall that I interrupted our otherwise sacrosanct «School Food Reform - Free Day» last fall to tell you about his research.

At any rate, after Ed's glass - half - empty post, which has been sort of echoing in my mind these past few days, and after a rather exhausting day yesterday of ranting about, and protesting for, school food reform, I feel thoroughly sick of the whole topic.

(Click here to hear what school food reform pioneer Chef Ann Cooper has to say about it.).

Back in July, 2010, I was about two months into writing The Lunch Tray and had been involved in school food reform activities here in Houston for about five months.

School food reform advocates, myself included, are deeply worried about these developments and we've begun to ratchet up our response to SNA's efforts on social media.

Ten years after I first dipped my toe into the roiling waters of school food reform, I continue to hear parents complain about unhealthy food and food practices at school, even as headlines scream about the childhood obesity epidemic.

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While the blog was devoted exclusively to the LFTB issue, San Francisco school food reformer Dana Woldow (creator of the immensely useful school food reform how - to site, PEACHSF.org) wrote two important articles in Beyond Chron about an issue often discussed here on TLT: social stigma in the school cafeteria.

Although I find that my experiences in Houston are a great springboard for discussions of school food reform generally, only about 1 / 9th of my readers are from Houston — the remainder come from all over the U.S. and over 50 foreign countries.

Since that first call, I've turned to Dana often 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).

Through videos, presentations, infographics and more, learn about Chef Ann and school food reform — including the issues, the solutions, and people making real change.

Lately I feel that I, too, am being painted with the «naysayer» brush for trying to talk frankly about funding and logistics in the school food reform arena.

-LSB-...] that I interrupted our otherwise sacrosanct «School Food Reform - Free Day» last fall to tell you about his research.

Written by the Times» 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.

Forum: Lunch Reforms Needed as Kids» Health Worsens What children are taught in class about nutritious foods and what appears in school cafeterias often are at odds, according to educators and health.