We use a colorful labeling system to shows students how
the food served in their school cafeteria nourishes their brain, bones, muscles and circulatory and digestive systems.
After being outraged by
the food served in her school cafeteria, Sara Wu started a blog called Fed Up With Lunch, which she wrote under the pseudonym of Mrs. Q. For a whole year, she ate her school cafeteria lunch and documented her experience with photos of her meals.
Chances are, some meals and
foods served in the school cafeteria are healthier than others.
Not exact matches
Since becoming the
food service director for Ellensburg
School District three years ago Garmong has been working to make big changes to the
food served in his
cafeterias.
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.
Competitive
foods:
Food sold outside the National
School Lunch or
School Breakfast Program, such as individual items or less nutritious meals
served in the
cafeteria or individual items
in vending machines
Bartow County
School Nutrition used a variety of methods to promote locally grown
foods being
served in their
cafeterias.
There's even a prime - time network reality show (Jamie Oliver's
Food Revolution) that takes place
in school cafeterias and has stars bickering about chicken nuggets and federally mandated grain
servings.
In Northern Michigan Kids news, schools across northwest Michigan have been serving up local food experiences in cafeterias, classrooms, and school gardens, and we'll be sharing some of those stories each mont
In Northern Michigan Kids news,
schools across northwest Michigan have been
serving up local
food experiences
in cafeterias, classrooms, and school gardens, and we'll be sharing some of those stories each mont
in cafeterias, classrooms, and
school gardens, and we'll be sharing some of those stories each month.
And
school food consultant Kate Adamick has a great (and funny) post on J.O.'s site listing questions to ask yourself when you're
in the
cafeteria, including «Are the
foods served in my
school's
cafeteria aglow with colors not found
in nature?
We also made strides
in improving the summer meal program to ensure children have access to meals when
school is out for the summer and made investments in programs like Farm to School and infrastructure updates in kitchens and cafeterias to help serve more fresh, healthy
school is out for the summer and made investments
in programs like Farm to
School and infrastructure updates in kitchens and cafeterias to help serve more fresh, healthy
School and infrastructure updates
in kitchens and
cafeterias to help
serve more fresh, healthy
foods!
Workers who
serve meals
in Chicago Public
Schools say the majority of kids are not eating the healthful new
foods on the
cafeteria menu, according to a confidential survey released Tuesday.
The basic tenets of good nutrition are sneaking their way into the public consciousness, especially
in school cafeterias, where concern is mounting about the typical fare of high - fat, deep - fried
foods frequently
served for lunch.
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.
Evaluation of farm - to -
school implementation might address whether locally grown
foods were delivered to
schools and
served in cafeterias as intended;
cafeteria staff, parent, and student response (ie, acceptability); and the effects on the cost of
school lunches (ie, affordability).
Another
school - food bill, proposed by the American School Food Service Association, would require all school cafeteria managers to implement safe food handling and preparation practices, because many outbreaks stem from sloppy practices in kitchens where food is prepared and s
school -
food bill, proposed by the American School Food Service Association, would require all school cafeteria managers to implement safe food handling and preparation practices, because many outbreaks stem from sloppy practices in kitchens where food is prepared and ser
food bill, proposed by the American
School Food Service Association, would require all school cafeteria managers to implement safe food handling and preparation practices, because many outbreaks stem from sloppy practices in kitchens where food is prepared and s
School Food Service Association, would require all school cafeteria managers to implement safe food handling and preparation practices, because many outbreaks stem from sloppy practices in kitchens where food is prepared and ser
Food Service Association, would require all
school cafeteria managers to implement safe food handling and preparation practices, because many outbreaks stem from sloppy practices in kitchens where food is prepared and s
school cafeteria managers to implement safe
food handling and preparation practices, because many outbreaks stem from sloppy practices in kitchens where food is prepared and ser
food handling and preparation practices, because many outbreaks stem from sloppy practices
in kitchens where
food is prepared and ser
food is prepared and
served.
Bottom line: The
food being
served in school cafeterias can influence what ALL kids view as an appropriate way to eat.
Specifically, the project is working to ensure that the USDA adopts science - based nutrition standards for snack
foods and beverages
served and sold
in schools; that it develops and implements rigorous
school food safety policies; and that
schools have the resources they need to train
cafeteria employees and replace outdated and broken kitchen equipment.
Love to see more parents packing their kids» lunches since the
food served in most
school cafeterias is abominable!
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.
The Platinum level is the highest recognition awarded to Georgia
school nutrition programs for farm - to -
school programs... from
serving locally grown
food in cafeterias to teaching students science through
school gardens to demonstrating how to cook healthy meals.
Duncan said the initiatives were prompted by a Tribune series published Sunday and Monday that found dangerous practices
in the factories where
school food is manufactured and
in the kitchens and
cafeterias where it is heated and
served.
But while government agencies usually focus their limited resources on unsanitary practices
in the factories that produce
food, inspection reports and site visits
in Chicago underscore the perils lurking at the final stages of the
school lunch: the kitchens where meals are heated and the
cafeterias where they are
served.
Since becoming the
food service director for Ellensburg
School District three years ago Garmong has been working to make big changes to the
food served in his
cafeterias.
Objective: Responsible for various responsibilities associated with the preparation and
serving of
food in school cafeterias.
Donated
food can include surplus
food prepared for
school meals to be
served in the
cafeteria or
food donated to the campus through a
food drive or similar event.
QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY • Three years of applied culinary experience
in a school cafeteria • Highly skilled in preparing food in accordance with the highest of sanitation standards • Functional knowledge of assembling and serving trays in accordance to orders and health requirements • In depth knowledge of an array of food types and their preparation times • Long - term interest in hospitality and dietary industry • Familiar with methods of preparing sandwiches, salads, vegetables, and other foods in large quantiti
in a
school cafeteria • Highly skilled
in preparing food in accordance with the highest of sanitation standards • Functional knowledge of assembling and serving trays in accordance to orders and health requirements • In depth knowledge of an array of food types and their preparation times • Long - term interest in hospitality and dietary industry • Familiar with methods of preparing sandwiches, salads, vegetables, and other foods in large quantiti
in preparing
food in accordance with the highest of sanitation standards • Functional knowledge of assembling and serving trays in accordance to orders and health requirements • In depth knowledge of an array of food types and their preparation times • Long - term interest in hospitality and dietary industry • Familiar with methods of preparing sandwiches, salads, vegetables, and other foods in large quantiti
in accordance with the highest of sanitation standards • Functional knowledge of assembling and
serving trays
in accordance to orders and health requirements • In depth knowledge of an array of food types and their preparation times • Long - term interest in hospitality and dietary industry • Familiar with methods of preparing sandwiches, salads, vegetables, and other foods in large quantiti
in accordance to orders and health requirements •
In depth knowledge of an array of food types and their preparation times • Long - term interest in hospitality and dietary industry • Familiar with methods of preparing sandwiches, salads, vegetables, and other foods in large quantiti
In depth knowledge of an array of
food types and their preparation times • Long - term interest
in hospitality and dietary industry • Familiar with methods of preparing sandwiches, salads, vegetables, and other foods in large quantiti
in hospitality and dietary industry • Familiar with methods of preparing sandwiches, salads, vegetables, and other
foods in large quantiti
in large quantities