Sentences with phrase «local school food authorities»

School lunches must meet Federal nutrition requirements, but decisions about what specific foods to serve and how they are prepared are made by local school food authorities.

The federal government lays down the dietary guidelines, but decisions about what specific foods to serve and how they are prepared are made by local school food authorities.

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The charity works with local authorities, schools, parents and children to improve school meals and support food education through cooking, growing and links with local farms.

Michael Gove, Sir Michael Wilshaw (head of Ofsted), the Department of Health, Public Health England, Jamie Oliver, charitable organisations and representatives from all the major school food providers — from private industry to local authority caterers — have agreed to do their bit to increase take - up and create a truly first class school food service.

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* A school food authority is the local administrative unit that operates the national school breakfast and lunch programs for one or more school districts.

At the state level, the programs typically are overseen by state education or agriculture departments, which operate the programs through agreements with local school districts or other school food authorities.

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To provide more fruits, vegetables, and other fresh and nutritious foods for school meals, the USDA is also working to develop farm - to - school partnerships with local farmers, States, localities, tribal authorities, school districts, and community organizations.

Oneida County Youth Bureau Director Robert Roth said youth volunteers from The Boys and Girls Club of the Mohawk Valley, Compeer of the Mohawk Valley, Cornell Cooperative Extension, The Center for Family Life and Recovery, The Neighborhood Center, Thea Bowman House, Utica Municipal Housing Authority, Utica Safe Schools / Healthy Students / Underground Café and the YMCA of the Greater Tri-Valley performed community service that included assisting in a bicycle giveaway program for Utica children, collecting and distributing clothing to the children who reside in Utica's Municipal Housing Authority locations, soliciting donations, collecting money and walking in Utica's version of America's Greatest Heart Run and Walk, the Multiple Sclerosis Walk and the American Cancer Walk, collecting food, preparing and serving meals at local food pantries, collecting donations and goods to aid animals at the Stevens Swan Humane Society and other community activities.

Schools can work with local authorities to limit the proliferation of fast food outlets in certain areas, as they can be refused planning consent on health grounds.

Reviewing your school food service — whether it's a local ‑ authority ‑ wide contract serving lots and lots of schools, your own individual contract with a private caterer or a service you're running in - house — is your chance to think big and go shopping.

The School Food Plan support provided by the Children's Food Trust and its partners gives local authorities the opportunity to pass on training to the schools in their area.

New figures, published in July by the School Food Trust and the Local Authority Caterers Association (LACA), show that an average of 44.1 per cent of children in primary schools and 37.6 per cent of pupils in secondary school opted for school meals in the 2010/11 year, up from 41.4 and 35.8 per cent respectively in the previousSchool Food Trust and the Local Authority Caterers Association (LACA), show that an average of 44.1 per cent of children in primary schools and 37.6 per cent of pupils in secondary school opted for school meals in the 2010/11 year, up from 41.4 and 35.8 per cent respectively in the previousschool opted for school meals in the 2010/11 year, up from 41.4 and 35.8 per cent respectively in the previousschool meals in the 2010/11 year, up from 41.4 and 35.8 per cent respectively in the previous year.

The support includes a series of «Train The Trainer» courses which will give local authority or academy trust staff the training, skill and expertise to deliver the Children's Food Trust's Small Step Improvement programme» to eligible schools in their area.

The School Food Plan was a shot in the arm to remind politicians, local authorities, schools and others that the job of giving every child a great lunchtime at school is far from finSchool Food Plan was a shot in the arm to remind politicians, local authorities, schools and others that the job of giving every child a great lunchtime at school is far from finschool is far from finished.

Extending the provision The School Food Plan, interestingly, appears not to reference Southwark in its pages but reflects similar positive FSM experiences in both London and English local authorities.

JJ Food Service is an Award - winning independent, family - owned foodservice wholesaler delivering from 11 branches across the UK to customers that include schools, restaurants, local authorities and more.

The Act provides for technical assistance and information from the Secretary of Agriculture to aid state and local educational agencies and school food authorities in establishing healthy school nutrition environments, reducing childhood obesity, and preventing diet - related chronic diseases.]

No policy should result in re-directing state and local funds from instruction to the school food authority or impose additional cost on school districts.

Additional free support is also available to support schools and Local Authorities increase take - up of school food.

Michael Gove, Sir Michael Wilshaw (head of Ofsted), the Department of Health, Public Health England, Jamie Oliver, charitable organisations and representatives from all the major school food providers — from private industry to local authority caterers — have agreed to do their bit to increase take - up and create a truly first class school food service.