Sentences with phrase «discussions about school food»

The way I approach discussions about school food is similar to how I learned to approach talking to my boyfriend (now husband) about important issues.

Not exact matches

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.»

Such discussions over school lunches and healthy eating echo a larger national debate about the role government should play in individual food choices.

A full discussion of that issue is outside the scope of this paper but warrants consideration in a debate about school food budgets.

With the closing of USDA's period for public comment on the new proposed competitive food rules, we've had a lot of discussion here about the food and beverages offered to school kids via vending machines, school stores, and cafeteria snack bar or «a... [Continue reading]

That diversity of views and experiences created a particularly stimulating atmosphere and led to many productive discussions about how to improve school food while meeting the needs of school districts.

I'm hoping to hold additional screenings in my community to help fuel the discussion because I think this movie is a great way to get people together to start talking about how to create real changes in school food!

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).

We've had several discussions about accommodations for food allergies in school.

Lunch Tray readers come from all over the U.S. (and the world), so I don't want to get too deep into a Houston - specific issue, but then I realized that this correction could be a springboard for a bigger discussion about the future of school food in America.

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.

On tap for this week's Buffet: an interesting coda to our discussion of vegetarianism; parents tell their children some whoppers about food; celeb chef recipes for the picky; beefing up safety standards for chicken; and a processed school lunch item... [Continue reading]

I have had discussions about the food selection and the point has been made that the intersection between healthy school food and food that kids will eat is very narrow.

-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.

Harvard School of Public Health researchers estimate that trans fat had been causing about 50,000 premature heart attack deaths annually, making partially hydrogenated oil one of the most harmful ingredients in the food supply (see discussion of salt).

Schools who took part in the autumn term 2010 pilot told us that they would find the completed toolkit useful for updating school governors about the food provided, marketing with parents, and also to use during general discussions between the school and kitchen.

That idea was one of many useful takeaways from a panel discussion about marketing new flavors to kids, part of a daylong event at Harvard University called Healthy Food Fuels Hungry Minds: Serving Change in Public School Food.

It is part of The Crunch - an exciting year of free activities, experiences and discussions about our food, our health and our planet: please see thecrunch.wellcome.ac.uk / schools - and - colleges and use #thecrunch2016.