Investigators think most of the victims ate tainted
cafeteria food at 53 public schools in Sakai, about 265 miles southwest of Tokyo.
Of her own memories of
cafeteria food at public school, she said: «I only got pizza on hot lunch days, and even that was barely edible.»
No more
cafeteria food at the dorms, I was on my own.
Not exact matches
We snack on junk
food, eat
at our desks, race through
cafeteria meals, hook ourselves up to coffee or soda IVs.
It's all happening — what next — prayer times set aside for Muslim students during school, wash basins like
at University of Minnesota so they don't try to wash their feet before praying in the school basins for washing hands, demands for special
cafeteria food, demands that girls cover their heads, then faces, then disappear from school altogether, wake up New York and hold on to our great city before they knock down the rest of the buildings!
I'm
at college now and I feel so starved for actually making
food — the most you can do in the
cafeterias here is make a green salad and peel an orange!
Well, I don't have any quinoa on hand anymore in anyway right now... hm... Oh and don't ask about the
food at our
cafeteria... It'd break every foodie's heart.
He applied for a job
at Pechanga Resort & Casino in 2004 and to get his foot in the door, took a job as a
food busser in the employee
cafeteria.
Packing a yummy lunch fast makes me as happy as... my kids
at lunchtime when they get to eat their favorite healthy
foods instead of the gross
cafeteria offerings!
I don't begin to claim that I have all the answers; indeed, the overarching point of my piece was that it's unfair to lay
at the
cafeteria door some deeply entrenched problems in our larger
food environment.
The suggestions for eating in a restaurant and
at the mall apply to
cafeteria food as well.
I'm a firm believer that strong policies covering all
food served
at school (from the
cafeteria to the classroom) are crucial to creating a healthy school environment.
It's easier than you think to make good choices
at a fast -
food restaurant, the mall, or even the school
cafeteria.
Editorial: Healthier NJ school lunch menus provide nutrition instruction in
cafeteria (NJ.com, September 10, 2012): Healthier school
food isn't just about healthier for its own sake, but to help keep kids learning, even
at lunch.
I encourage you to read the post, but also take a look
at the comments section, where an interesting conversation is taking place about the possible unintended consequences of shifting subsidies around, and also some practical input from me and fellow school
food blogger Ed Bruske about the critical difference between serving produce in school
cafeterias and getting kids to actually eat it.
Nurses and doctors survive on caffeinated beverages, chocolate left by grateful relatives and takeaway Chinese
food ordered
at 4 am after the
cafeterias close.
Jessica Ortega, a senior
at the Little Village school, said she thinks the district should incorporate organic
foods, «and if that's not possible, our
food should actually be cooked in the
cafeterias rather than being brought in by trucks and having the lunch ladies just heat it up.»
Students identified locally grown
foods easily in the
cafeteria with clear signage, labeling of locally grown
foods as «LG» on the menu, and «Eat Healthy, Eat Local, Eat
at Carrollton City Schools» packaging.
One portion of the legislation would give the Department of Agriculture authority to update decades - old standards for the
food children buy
at school stores and in vending machines, as well as
foods such as pizza and french fries that are sold a la carte in
cafeterias.
After finding out that her
cafeteria was operating
at a loss, despite heavy sales of soda and junk
food, she advocated for a pilot program
at one middle school:
Elves have been seen hiding in the funniest of places, like the
cafeteria food lines
at Venice Elementary School in Osprey (FL) or the napkin dispensers in Jefferson Elementary School in Winona Lake (IN).
Yes, if your child learns good
food habits
at home, they are more likely to choose the healthier options in the school
cafeteria.
My thought is that until society changes, it will be a up - hill battle to convince children that the healthful choices they see
at school
cafeterias are great when outside of school many are seeing and eating the less - than - healthful choices in many of the ways we've talked about here before: classrooms, athletic practices, homes because parents are busy, don't have access to fresh
foods and more.
Over
at Slow
Food USA's blog, a student described and photographed this unbelievable concoction, sold in his
cafeteria as an «a la carte» option for kids who don't want to wait in the long lunch line.
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.
Even if these youngsters are seeing a lot of fast
food or junk
food at home, they have no expectation of seeing such delights in the school
cafeteria.
I loved sandwiches
at home and
at restaurants, and I generally was happy with other
food in the
cafeteria.
At issue are so - called competitive
foods — snacks such as candy, soda, pizza and popcorn available in a la carte lines in
cafeterias, in vending machines and in school stores.
So even though its a hot dog with mushy re-heated frozen green beans,
at least there's an effort to provide all the
food groups.I remember the
cafeteria in high school... I had fries and gravy every day.
Junk
food fundraising in or near the
cafeteria was a problem even when the old TDA «time and place» rules were in place, but
at least those rules could be used to fine schools if violations were found in an audit.
Vowing to reform the way
food is handled in public school
cafeterias and
at plants that manufacture the
food, Duncan announced plans to require all principals to keep their kitchen workers certified and their workspace clean.
Although the
food service director likely has no control over the
cafeteria time allotment, he / she might be able to point to other barriers that make lengthening the lunch difficult (ratio of students:
cafeteria size etc., budget for labor) 6) Schedule a meeting with the school principal and share your concerns and ask how you might help to arrive
at a solution.
The popular wisdom
at the time was if a school stopped serving these empty - calorie
foods, the
cafeteria would lose money and the district wouldn't be able to make up for the gap in federal funding with those profits.
The Democrat - led House voted Thursday to send President Obama a bill that would enable more poor children to receive free meals
at school, raise the nutritional quality of
cafeteria fare and reduce the junk
food and sugary beverages sold in school vending machines.
Mario Daye, a 12th grader
at Southern High, said he was surprised to discover in a survey conducted last fall that 84 percent of students wanted to eat pizza and fries once or twice a week and have healthier
food more often in their
cafeteria.
We sat down with our kids and looked closely
at their day - to - day lives and then decided on what we would pay for such as clothing, cell phone plans and after - school activities and sports fees and then gave them a budget for the rest such as entertainment (the price of a movie ticket once a month), gifts (birthdays, holidays, church), their craving for school
cafeteria food — which we capped
at twice a week — plus a small stipend.
«Dining out associated with increased exposure to harmful chemicals: New study finds burgers and other
foods consumed
at restaurants, fast
food outlets or
cafeterias, associated with higher levels of phthalates.»
We have brought down the fat, the sugar, the salt in all of our recipes; and we do n`t offer any
food for sale in our
cafeterias that does n`t meet
at least 5 percent of the recommended daily allowance for one of the eight major nutrients, «says
food service director Sue MacDonald of northwest suburban Township High School District 214.
(By way of reminder, «competitive»
foods are those
foods sold on school campuses outside of the scope of the federal meal program, such as «a la carte»
foods sold in the
cafeteria or vending machines by a district to raise revenues, as well as
foods sold
at sporting events, team and PTO / PTA fundraisers, etc..)
Kobayashi explained: «The
cafeteria at my school serves about 15 different kinds of
food.
At some schools,
cafeteria foods are cool and any brown bag item qualifies a kid for nerd - dom.
Kids do love their junk
food, so, absolutely, let's be sure to bring it back to our school
cafeterias at the first opportunity.
If they were raised with the philosophy of tasting everything that is put in front of them
at the table, if they are hungry when they sit down
at the lunch
cafeteria able, if they are accustomed to eating a variety of
foods; then I think it would be a big success for everyone.
Food service directors reported uneven progress toward district - wide compliance with the Smart Snacks in School nutrition standards, which govern items sold in
cafeteria a la carte lines, vending machines, snack bars, and
at fundraisers.
So we really need to focus in on serving our children healthy
foods at school (in the
cafeteria, school store, classroom and vending machines) and
at home, if we want to ensure that our children live long, healthy lives.
AC: Since kids eat lunch every day
at school (whether it's packed for them
at home or offered in a school
cafeteria), I see it as a perfect opportunity to talk about the ways that their
food is connected to their environment, their health, their community and issues of equity around the world.
It is common in high schools especially for students to sell pizza or other quick
food at lunchtime to their peers to raise money for school clubs or activities, but those sales draw students away from the
cafeteria and cost your nutrition department money.
There's a part of me that's simply amazed
at the use of cranberries, green beans, broccoli, and carrots in our pet
food, while
cafeteria pizza is allowed to constitute a daily «vegetable» serving for children.
Our approach allowed for a larger sample size; the consideration of seasonal changes in menu offerings and available
foods; and other factors such as holiday meals, taste tests, and other
cafeteria events or promotions that could influence student selection of
foods at lunch in the short term.
Moreover, instead of finding
cafeteria trash cans «overflowing» with healthier
food, researchers
at Harvard, Baylor and the University of Connecticut all found no increased plate waste attributable to the new standards.