Though Karen Le Billon has become an «online friend» and though I've always enjoyed
her blog about school food in France, I wasn't actually looking forward to reading her new book, French Kids Eat Everything.
«Um, I'm not really sure, but think maybe I want to
blog about school food?»
Just like me, she's a mom who became interested in school meals (though, unlike me, she's also a trained nutrition expert), she writes
a blog about school food, and she even lived in Texas for a time.
But just to be clear — I'm not Mrs Q (the anonymous teacher in the Midwest who also
blogs about school food), although I'm honored to be mistaken for her.
Not exact matches
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About Blog As I have a child with Coeliac (Celiac) Disease, my interest is gluten - free
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school lunchbox.
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I hope I'm not exhausting you with posts
about the new
school meal regulations, but these rules impact the diets of millions of American children every day and seem worthy of in - depth discussion on any
blog devoted to «kids and
food.»
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.
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 cho
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 cho
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 cho
food, children will pick the crap over the good stuff when given the choice.
This is the first in a series of
blog posts
about school food memories;
food, and the act of eating, leave indelible memories for us and
school food is no different.
This
blog is really important to me — I truly want to help others by writing
about my own challenges and successes in transforming my kids»
school food environment.
As I've said often, including in my very first post on this
blog, what
school cafeterias implicitly teach our children
about food and
food choices is as important as the
food itself.
As a result, I decided to ask Dana Woldow, a
school food reformer in San Francisco, to guest
blog about the realities her community has faced (financial and otherwise) in trying to improve
school food there.
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.
(I've written
about the Brown Bagging Myth on the Better
School Food blog) Also check into who might be allies in the school administration i
School Food blog) Also check into who might be allies in the
school administration i
school administration itself.
Sometimes I wish Bruske would rename his
blog (Better DC
School Food), as it's one of my go - to sources for breaking information about school food issues nationwide — not just in D.C.. For any parents particularly interested in school lunch reform, you'll want to put Bruske's blog on your internet reading
School Food), as it's one of my go - to sources for breaking information about school food issues nationwide — not just in D.C.. For any parents particularly interested in school lunch reform, you'll want to put Bruske's blog on your internet reading l
Food), as it's one of my go - to sources for breaking information
about school food issues nationwide — not just in D.C.. For any parents particularly interested in school lunch reform, you'll want to put Bruske's blog on your internet reading
school food issues nationwide — not just in D.C.. For any parents particularly interested in school lunch reform, you'll want to put Bruske's blog on your internet reading l
food issues nationwide — not just in D.C.. For any parents particularly interested in
school lunch reform, you'll want to put Bruske's blog on your internet reading
school lunch reform, you'll want to put Bruske's
blog on your internet reading list.
In her guest
blog post below she tells us
about Cooking Up Change ®, an annual student
school food cooking contest, the finals for... [Continue reading]
Second, I happened to start a
blog about school lunches right as the topic entered the national discussion early this year (The Let's Move campaign started in January and Jamie Oliver's show
Food Revolution came out in March).
For more, check out this recent New York Times report on the potato controversy specifically, along with
blog posts
about it by Ed Bruske (Better D.C.
School Food) and Chef Ann Cooper and Chef Beth Collins.
I shared
blog posts that: offered a plaintive farewell to Michelle Obama, a champion of child nutrition; expressed my deep fears
about the fate of hungry kids under President Trump; told you how the current House Freedom Caucus wants to gut
school food; introduced you to Trump's Agriculture Secretary, Sonny Perdue; explained that Trump's Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, isn't ending the
school lunch program (rumors to the contrary); and analyzed some recent rollbacks to the Obama
school meal nutrition standards.
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.
But as it turns out, I'd inadvertently launched a
blog that was (partially)
about school food right during the 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR), the springboard from which First lady Michelle Obama and a host of advocates were trying to improve outdated
school meal nutrition standards.
We offer a
blog that provides excellent articles
about school, growing up, fitting in, and even research studies
about curing
food allergies.
On both this
blog and The Spork Report, I've written extensively
about «competitive
foods,» i.e., the
food and beverages sold on
school campuses in competition with the federal
school meal, through outlets like vending machines, snack bars, and cafeteria «a la carte» lines.
She is an almost - native of Colorado, and continues to speak and advocate for children with
food allergies at the state level and in her school district's Food Allergy Task Force, in addition to writing a blog about living with food allergies on AllergicChild.
food allergies at the state level and in her
school district's
Food Allergy Task Force, in addition to writing a blog about living with food allergies on AllergicChild.
Food Allergy Task Force, in addition to writing a
blog about living with
food allergies on AllergicChild.
food allergies on AllergicChild.com.
But in the intervening four years, in which I educated myself
about the National
School Lunch Program (NSLP), started this blog, continued to work closely with my district, and also met school food professionals around the country, I've come to believe that there are few jobs on this planet harder than managing a district's school food pr
School Lunch Program (NSLP), started this
blog, continued to work closely with my district, and also met
school food professionals around the country, I've come to believe that there are few jobs on this planet harder than managing a district's school food pr
school food professionals around the country, I've come to believe that there are few jobs on this planet harder than managing a district's
school food pr
school food program.
Read more
about it at Slow
Food USA's Time for Lunch blog — including ways to contact your own House representatives as they consider this crucial school food legislat
Food USA's Time for Lunch
blog — including ways to contact your own House representatives as they consider this crucial
school food legislat
food legislation.
Current Topics in
Food Allergy Law (December 2015) The three attorneys from the legal blog Allergy Law Project share their perspective about the connection between the law and food allergies in areas such as places of public accommodation, restaurants and travel, and sch
Food Allergy Law (December 2015) The three attorneys from the legal
blog Allergy Law Project share their perspective
about the connection between the law and
food allergies in areas such as places of public accommodation, restaurants and travel, and sch
food allergies in areas such as places of public accommodation, restaurants and travel, and
school.
As a result, I decided to ask Dana Woldow, a
school food reformer in San Francisco, to guest
blog about the realities her community has faced (financial and otherwise) in trying to improve
school -LSB-...]
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.
In last Friday's
food news, I told you
about a new
blog, Fed Up:
School Lunch Project.
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
She was interested to hear
about my
blog because, according to her, the students at Milby are so unhappy with HISD
school food that they had planned a boycott for this week.
This
blog is designed to contribute to and expand upon the greater conversation Americans are having
about food and nutrition in
schools.
If you're a reader of this
blog you probably already know all
about Mrs. Q, the (formerly) anonymous public
school teacher who set
about the unenviable task of eating the same
school food her students were eating for an entire year.
I
blog about kids and
food daily, especially
school food, but I'm embarrassed to admit that last Friday was the first time in a long while that I've actually been in my own children's
school cafeteria during lunch.
«Mrs. Q's Fed Up
blog (that became a book) had a premise: One picture, every day, showing how awful her
school lunch was; she posted the picture, and talked
about [the
food].
-LSB-...] Siegel, of the
blog The Lunch Tray, is once again at the center of the discussion
about better quality
food in U.S.
school lunches.
In this post from the Let's Move
Blog, author Jennifer Seymour talks
about Chef Tim Cipriano, the Executive Director of
Food Services at New Haven Public
Schools who was able to get salad bars into almost all of his schools thi
Schools who was able to get salad bars into almost all of his
schools thi
schools this year.
Atlanta, GA
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blog by Kevin O'Gara, Atlanta, GA featuring garden, decor,
food, and entertaining curated by high
school student Kevin O'Gara.
Atlanta, GA
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food, and entertaining curated by high
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Blog EMERGE provides the full range of waste, recycling and confidential shredding services to businesses and
schools, and promotes sustainable resource management by offering advice, information and educational services within the wider community.The
blog seeks to empower people by raising awareness about resource - use, waste management, food redistribution and environmental iss
blog seeks to empower people by raising awareness
about resource - use, waste management, food redistribution and environmental is
about resource - use, waste management,
food redistribution and environmental issues.
Atlanta, GA
About Blog Thou Swell is a home and lifestyle blog by Kevin O'Gara, Atlanta, GA featuring garden, decor, food, and entertaining curated by high school student Kevin O'G
Blog Thou Swell is a home and lifestyle
blog by Kevin O'Gara, Atlanta, GA featuring garden, decor, food, and entertaining curated by high school student Kevin O'G
blog by Kevin O'Gara, Atlanta, GA featuring garden, decor,
food, and entertaining curated by high
school student Kevin O'Gara.
Atlanta, GA
About Blog Thou Swell is a home and lifestyle blog by Kevin O'Gara, Atlanta, GA featuring garden, decor, food, and entertaining curated by high school student Kevin O'G
Blog Thou Swell is a home and lifestyle
blog by Kevin O'Gara, Atlanta, GA featuring garden, decor, food, and entertaining curated by high school student Kevin O'G
blog by Kevin O'Gara, Atlanta, GA featuring garden, decor,
food, and entertaining curated by high
school student Kevin O'Gara.
Santa Monica, California
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Blog EMERGE provides the full range of waste, recycling and confidential shredding services to businesses and
schools, and promotes sustainable resource management by offering advice, information and educational services within the wider community.The
blog seeks to empower people by raising awareness about resource - use, waste management, food redistribution and environmental iss
blog seeks to empower people by raising awareness
about resource - use, waste management, food redistribution and environmental is
about resource - use, waste management,
food redistribution and environmental issues.
Atlanta, GA
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blog by Kevin O'Gara, Atlanta, GA featuring garden, decor,
food, and entertaining curated by high
school student Kevin O'Gara.
Santa Monica, California
About Blog Read articles, find helpful food and recipe tips, and new exciting recipes at The Gourmandise School blog in Los Ange
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