Sentences with phrase «about school food service»

Learn about their school food service program and help create a marketing and public health campaign around fresh, Washington grown fruits and vegetables in their school.

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By: Bettina Elias SiegelMSNBC has a story up today about a practice that's old news for school food services directors, but may not be widely known by TLT (The Lunch Tray) readers — i.e., quietly giving «alternative» meals to students who come through the lunch line without the ability to... Read more

Local organizations, local corporations, local people who create their own «revolutions» (think about a Tea Party - type grassroots movement, but aimed at improving food service in the schools) and then take the actions needed to effect the change they seek!

I wanted to share her concerns about the new regulations, concerns which in many ways echo those of Justin Gagnon, CEO of Choicelunch (a private school meal catering service), whose views I shared in an earlier post, and those of school food reformer Dana Woldow.

I suspect that, if this were to ever actually come about, that the answer will be that he has to find a local foundation / corporate charity / community organization willing to fund the transformation of his school's food service.

Finally, I believe greater effort must be made locally and nationally to improve the perception of school food service while educating parents and others about the amazing work school food service professionals are doing each school day.

Fighting child hunger requires a holistic approach, from support programs like BIC and sharing resources that increase knowledge about this issue, to protecting federal food assistance services like the School Breakfast Program and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

The KSHFP surveyed 489 school nutrition directors from across the country about their implementation of the new standards as of the 2014 - 15 school year, then shared their responses with a panel of 11 expert food service directors who offered their own insights and recommendations.

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 yFood 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 yfood for the 2011 - 12 school year.

This 20 minute video was created by the National Food Service Management Institute (NFSMI) for school nutrition professionals to learn about managing food allergFood Service Management Institute (NFSMI) for school nutrition professionals to learn about managing food allergfood allergies.

Cooking from Scratch in Schools — The Greatest Food Service Challenge of Our TimeOur Executive Director, Beth Collins has a great article published in the August issue of Prevent Obesity about changing the way food is cooked in our sSchools — The Greatest Food Service Challenge of Our TimeOur Executive Director, Beth Collins has a great article published in the August issue of Prevent Obesity about changing the way food is cooked in our schoFood Service Challenge of Our TimeOur Executive Director, Beth Collins has a great article published in the August issue of Prevent Obesity about changing the way food is cooked in our schofood is cooked in our schoolsschools.

Walla Walla, June 2013 Food services staff from school districts in SE Washington came together on a rare rainy day in Walla Walla to visit Blue Mountain Seed to learn about chickpea production and processing, tour Welcome Table Farm to see vegetable production and visit the farm animals.

Beyond Breakfast sat down with Jessica Shelly (RS, REHS, MBA), Food Services Director of Cincinnati Public Schools to talk about her school breakfast program.

-LSB-...] HISD Food Services sent me another, minor correction to my initial post about forthcoming changes in Houston's school fFood Services sent me another, minor correction to my initial post about forthcoming changes in Houston's school foodfood.

So instead of worrying about DeVos, we really should be focusing on: (1) Congressional Republicans, who've already shown great enthusiasm for weakening the nutrition standards for school meals and limiting their accessibility to low - income kids (see my Civil Eats piece, «3 Things You Need to Know About the House School Food Bill «-RRB-; (2) the as - yet - unscheduled confirmation hearing for Agriculture Secretary nominee Sonny Perdue, during which we're likely to get more information on how he views the NSLP; and (3) whoever eventually is appointed Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, the USDA official directly in charge of child nutrition progabout DeVos, we really should be focusing on: (1) Congressional Republicans, who've already shown great enthusiasm for weakening the nutrition standards for school meals and limiting their accessibility to low - income kids (see my Civil Eats piece, «3 Things You Need to Know About the House School Food Bill «-RRB-; (2) the as - yet - unscheduled confirmation hearing for Agriculture Secretary nominee Sonny Perdue, during which we're likely to get more information on how he views the NSLP; and (3) whoever eventually is appointed Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, the USDA official directly in charge of child nutrition proschool meals and limiting their accessibility to low - income kids (see my Civil Eats piece, «3 Things You Need to Know About the House School Food Bill «-RRB-; (2) the as - yet - unscheduled confirmation hearing for Agriculture Secretary nominee Sonny Perdue, during which we're likely to get more information on how he views the NSLP; and (3) whoever eventually is appointed Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, the USDA official directly in charge of child nutrition progAbout the House School Food Bill «-RRB-; (2) the as - yet - unscheduled confirmation hearing for Agriculture Secretary nominee Sonny Perdue, during which we're likely to get more information on how he views the NSLP; and (3) whoever eventually is appointed Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, the USDA official directly in charge of child nutrition proSchool Food Bill «-RRB-; (2) the as - yet - unscheduled confirmation hearing for Agriculture Secretary nominee Sonny Perdue, during which we're likely to get more information on how he views the NSLP; and (3) whoever eventually is appointed Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, the USDA official directly in charge of child nutrition programs.

Not only did DCPS lose a leader who advocated for more nutritious school food, but the lack of transparency surrounding Mr. Mills» departure raises concerns about the ability to create a financially sustainable and nutritionally sound future for DCPS food services.

Not only did DCPS lose a leader who advocated for more nutritional school food, but the lack of transparency surrounding Mr. Mills» departure leaves us concerned about a financially sustainable and nutritional rich future for DCPS food services.

MSNBC has a story up today about a practice that's old news for school food services directors, but may not be widely known by TLT readers — i.e., quietly giving «alternative» meals to students who come through the lunch line without the ability to pay.

Today he posts about one D.C. public elementary school which may have its food services taken over this fall by a group of D.C. chefs — along with a lot of parent volunteers.

The suggestion about saving money by making some things from scratch came from Kathy Irion, the food service director at the Arlington Vermont schools.

He reported this week that his FOIA request was denied by attorneys for DC public schools, who claimed that «that details about the rebates constitute «trade secrets» and that exposing them to public scrutiny would hurt the «competitive position» of Chartwells, the school system's contracted food service provider.»

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.

Magaña and Ortiz both noted that the contest was a huge eye - opener for them about the real - world challenges faced by school food service programs.

«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.

Reading the comment carefully, you understand that the father (and child) feel less shame about taking advantage of school meals at breakfast, where the service is universal (available to all regardless of economic need) versus at lunch, where there is often a more visible distinction between paying and nonpaying students, or between students on the federally reimbursable lunch line versus those who can purchase for - cash (and often more desirable) «a la carte» food, or (in the case of high schoolers) between students who can go off campus to buy lunch at convenience stores and restaurants versus those with no money in their pockets.

Entitled «Healthy Food Fuels Hungry Minds: Serving Change in Public School Food,» the conference is cosponsored by Let's Talk About Food, the Massachusetts State Office of Nutrition and Health, the Harvard Food Law & Policy Clinic and the Harvard University Dining Services» Food Literacy Project.

But when I asked this question yesterday at our Food Services Parent Advisory Committee meeting, I learned that not only does stigma remain a real issue at some schools, there's now a troubling, modern - day twist on the problem: on some campuses, hapless kids standing in the federally reimbursable meal line are having their pictures taken by other students» cell phones, with the photos then uploaded to Facebook and / or texted around the school along with disparaging messages about the child's economic status.

For example, the district - wide food service director can not make decisions about the length of the school lunch period.

Lakeside School District in Hot Springs, Arkansas can boast about their salad bar success led by food service director Tom Vance.

But Carroll told the school nutrition group that food service personnel should not be shy about reporting abuses.

Justin Williams, The Abbey Group's Northeast Kingdom food service director, appeared on «Lyndon Live» on Magic 97.7 last Friday, Sept. 29, to talk about Lyndon Town School's meal program.

When I walked into my first Houston ISD School Food Services Parent Advisory Committee meeting, I knew next to nothing about school food except that my district seemed to be doing a pretty poor job of prepariSchool Food Services Parent Advisory Committee meeting, I knew next to nothing about school food except that my district seemed to be doing a pretty poor job of preparingFood Services Parent Advisory Committee meeting, I knew next to nothing about school food except that my district seemed to be doing a pretty poor job of preparischool food except that my district seemed to be doing a pretty poor job of preparingfood except that my district seemed to be doing a pretty poor job of preparing it.

«I purchase about 450 pounds of fresh produce from local farms and we serve it on the salad bars in all seven of our schools that day,» said Kaye Wetli, SNS, Supervisor of Food Services at RSD.

Yesterday HISD Food Services sent me another, minor correction to my initial post about forthcoming changes in Houston's school fFood Services sent me another, minor correction to my initial post about forthcoming changes in Houston's school foodfood.

While the program continues to generate a lot controversy in more affluent schools (lost class time, sanitation issues and concerns about the nutritional quality of the food), our Food Services department has said that in poorer schools the program has been enthusiastically welcomed by principals who are seeing increased attendance, reduced tardiness and fewer discipline problfood), our Food Services department has said that in poorer schools the program has been enthusiastically welcomed by principals who are seeing increased attendance, reduced tardiness and fewer discipline problFood Services department has said that in poorer schools the program has been enthusiastically welcomed by principals who are seeing increased attendance, reduced tardiness and fewer discipline problems.

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Over the past year, I have met with community leaders and stakeholders from across the country — parents and teachers, school board members and principals, suppliers and food service workers — about the importance of making sure every child in America has access to nutritious meals at school.

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After I wrote a series of articles about the industrially - processed convenience foods being served in my daughter's elementary school here in the District of Columbia I heard that Tony had been reluctant to talk to me because he thought I was putting too much pressure on Whitney Bateson, the nutritionist for Chartwells, the giant food service company contracted to provide meals for D.C. public schools.

I'd recently joined our district's Food Services Parent Advisory Committee (reluctantly because, after all, my own kids won't even eat school food), and then, realizing how much I had to learn about the byzantine National School Lunch Program, I'd read Janet Poppendeick's Free For All: Fixing School Food in America — a consciousness - raising experieFood Services Parent Advisory Committee (reluctantly because, after all, my own kids won't even eat school food), and then, realizing how much I had to learn about the byzantine National School Lunch Program, I'd read Janet Poppendeick's Free For All: Fixing School Food in America — a consciousness - raising experschool food), and then, realizing how much I had to learn about the byzantine National School Lunch Program, I'd read Janet Poppendeick's Free For All: Fixing School Food in America — a consciousness - raising experiefood), and then, realizing how much I had to learn about the byzantine National School Lunch Program, I'd read Janet Poppendeick's Free For All: Fixing School Food in America — a consciousness - raising experSchool Lunch Program, I'd read Janet Poppendeick's Free For All: Fixing School Food in America — a consciousness - raising experSchool Food in America — a consciousness - raising experieFood in America — a consciousness - raising experience.

Here is a link to a piece I wrote in MrsQ's Fed Up with Lunch blog about the clarification between food service in schools that are self - operated and those with outside for - profit FSMCs http://fedupwithschoollunch.blogspot.com/2010/05/guest-blogger-food-service-management.html

By: Bettina Elias SiegelMSNBC has a story up today about a practice that's old news for school food services directors, but may not be widely known by TLT (The Lunch Tray) readers — i.e., quietly giving «alternative» meals to students who come through the lunch line without the ability to... Read more

Our school meals resource hub is designed to provide information and resources about school nutrition for food service professionals, administration, parents, and community members.

Milk issues As a dietitian who works with school food service providers, I'm disappointed that the dairy industry is trying to force chocolate milk into schools («Chocolate milk lovers have a cow about bans,» Page 1, Nov. 12).

Another of our favorite pieces is from August 2012; read our interview with Jessica Shelly, Food Services Director at Des Moines Public Schools, to learn about how reimbursable vending machines changed the school breakfast landscape.

Even though I work in school food service, even I was surprised to read about some of the meal programs mentioned in «Free for All.»

It's wonderful when you hear good news about school food improvements, and everyone's first instinct is to march into their district's food services director's office armed with such news, demanding loudly,» We want what they have!»

We just couldn't pass up the chance to post about Michelle Malm, an amazing American Hero and a «force of nature» featured on The Early Show!Watch the video about Michelle, lunch lady (and Director of Food Services) of Kelseyville School District in California... Read more