NSLW is a time to celebrate all of the exciting things
happening in school food such increase in made - to - order or self - serve entrée bars, like chicken wing bars, burrito bars, flatbread bars, sandwich bars, pizza bars, rice bowl bars, etc..
Your analysis of who goes to most of these restaurants (die hards who are not terribly well informed or treat - seekers) strikes me as dead on, and I also had the thought that if the options aren't ordered enough, the project might be conveniently tabled (as I think often
happens in the school food reform world, too, with healthier entrees that kids are afraid to try.)
Not exact matches
you say that but I know
schools right now that if you are caught with a bible at
school praying
in school or blessing your
food in school you get suspended I know students who have had that
happen so if that doesn't show that it was taken out of
schools nothing does
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!
that
happened when i was
in school too except we didn't hav any healthy
food to be stolen; it was gross, typical - university - broke - student
food like ramen noodles, canned soup, chips etc LOL
Parents and carers are informed about what's
happening with the Australian Organic
Schools program, and canteen managers and volunteers are invited to participate by including healthy organic
food (ideally grown
in the
school garden) and Australian Certified Organic products on their menus.
When they were fresh out of the fryer, he surprised us and told us that WE could eat them (this rarely
happened, as we were always making
food to sell
in the
school's restaurant).
It is not enough to measure the number of fruits and vegetables or the quantity of sodium
in each dish; you also have to prepare the
food well,
in the
school and not at some outside kitchen as so often
happens when our
school kitchens are no more than «warming centers.»
Every time I pick up my kids from
school only to discover that they've been chowing down on brownies or chocolate - covered Oreos or candy (which seems to
happen at least twice a week), I can't help but think:
In the midst of an obesity crisis, why are other people being allowed to shovel my kids full of unhealthy
food at
school?
What
happened in 2008 was that the USDA required that contracts between
school districts and
food service companies contain specific language indicating that all rebates and discounts would be credited to the
schools.
Not because I don't want to believe that such «miracles» can
happen, but because I've spent enough time immersed
in this issue
in my own district to know that there are many real world obstacles — notably labor costs, the lack of facilities and the cost of buying and storing fresh
food — which make such miracles very hard to replicate
in many
school districts
in America.
Ed Bruske, the blogger behind The Slow Cook and Better DC
School Food, also
happens to have been a Washington Post reporter
in his former life.
As noted at the end of the ABC report, however, regardless of what
happens in the current appropriations process, the battle over
school food will escalate considerably when the so - called Child Nutrition Authorization begins next year.
When I had my op - ed about
school food in the Houston Chronicle last summer, many readers wrote
in to say, hey, whatever
happened to the good, old - fashioned sandwich?
With all the
school food developments
happening on the federal level these days, I'm a bit late
in reporting some nice news from my own backyard.
«That's where I learned the power of volume, and I realized that if I wanted to change
food, change
happens through education and volume, and that's what we have
in the
school system,» she says.
Whether you have concerns about
school lunch or child nutrition
happens to be a passion for you, joining your
school districts local wellness policy committee could give you the opportunity to have a positive impact on
school food for all of the
school children
in your area.
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).
If you
happen to find yourself
in a tricky situation, though, try to meet your grade -
schooler in the middle: «You can't chase Aunt Sarah's cat around, but maybe you can fill his
food bowl.»
The report is a terrific summary of what's
happening with
food marketing
in schools, loaded with facts, figures, and references.
 When I had my op - ed about
school food in the Houston Chronicle last summer, many readers wrote
in to say, hey, whatever
happened to the good, -LSB-...]
When I had my op - ed about
school food in the Houston Chronicle last summer, many readers wrote
in to say, hey, whatever
happened to the good, -LSB-...]
It also
happens to be the birthday of one of my
food heroes, Janet Poppendieck, whose seminal book Free For All: Fixing School Food in America led directly to my starting this blog back in 2
food heroes, Janet Poppendieck, whose seminal book Free For All: Fixing
School Food in America led directly to my starting this blog back in 2
Food in America led directly to my starting this blog back
in 2010.
In our family, we've been more aware lately of how much added sugar and
food additives our kids are consuming at
school and at other outside activities, so we're trying to stay away from the typical windfall of candy that tends to
happen around the Continue Reading
I am wondering what
happens in the event that a
school caf manager calls her superior and complains about the appearance of the
food she is receiving from the central kitchen.
Rather than passing herself off as some sort of miracle worker, or trying to sell me on a simple five - step plan she'd come up with, she made it clear to me that improving
school food can not
happen without lots of hard work and, most importantly, without funding;
in her case, San Francisco's board of education is willing to kick
in significant money each year to cover the costs of the improved
school food.
(For example, take a look here to read about what recently
happened in Los Angeles USD when they tried to change the
school food for the better.
For example, this post caught my eye, because I could see the same thing
happening in my
school — a new
food, no or very limited chance to explain, and the feeling of frustration — on my part — that would follow.
But she demonstrates what
happens in a
school setting when someone with her depth of knowledge approaches
school food like a restaurant.
Pizza... it was my favorite
food in High
School... I thought I could eat it every day without growing tired of it (note: my parents didn't allow that to
happen).
At Mansfield Middle
School — slogan: «Where Compost
Happens» —
in Storrs, Connecticut, 60 pounds of cafeteria and
food waste daily go into a student - run compost bin.
The rain is still holding off, so, later
in the morning, after many of the jobs have been completed, the students create posters for a
food event
happening at the
school in the coming week, and write
in their journals about their time at the ranch (today's topic: senses and feelings).
In fact, the processed junk -
food invasion of our
schools was nearly complete before parents, principals, and
school lunch directors realized what had
happened.
You will benefit from the support of your catering staff, governors and leadership team, but if you are not fully behind changing the
food culture
in your
school, it won't
happen.