Sentences with phrase «lunch trays»

So while Ken imagines DC parents calling up their district, my own fantasy takes place on Capitol Hill, where throngs of parents brandishing lunch trays would finally start holding their elected officials accountable on this critical issue.

The lunch trays I see today are a marked improvement over what I ate in school!

Horribly enough pink slime has ended up on our children's school lunch trays, brought to highlight by The Lunch Tray blog.

What might have happened had that contaminated meat had actually reached our children's school lunch trays, given that children are far more vulnerable to harm from foodborne illnesses than adults?

Thereafter, the white flour biscuits and white flour pasta macaroni and cheese (along with, presumably, other white - flour foods) will be returning to Haywood County lunch trays.

Do you remember the time... we took a trip to Austin to attend the Farm - to - School conference, and learned the importance of updated equipment in the effort to put more fresh fruits and veggies on America's lunch trays?

There is some waste, Wordell said, but getting more fresh fruits and vegetables onto kids» lunch trays is good news.

But when the lunch bell rings, the lunch trays are empty.

They say changes to the law, renewed every five years, present the best chance to put healthier food than nachos on school lunch trays.

Add the tater tots, chocolate milk and an apple common on school lunch trays, and the total reaches about 923 calories, 37 grams of fat and 1,470 milligrams of sodium.

Donna travels the world to promote Registered Dietitian Nutritionists and the Academy, but she is still happiest eating lunch with Burke County Public School students, out standing in collard fields with organic farmer Sam Adderson, or planning new ways to get even more local products, like grits, onto school lunch trays and farmers market shopping bags.

And in what ways do these financial incentives (called «kickbacks» by some) influence how much highly processed food appears on our children's lunch trays?

Over a period of weeks or months, I'd be willing to bet, consistently having those fruits and veggies and white milk, etc. show up on kids» lunch trays — by their own choosing, sneakily or not — would likely lead to more consumption of those items as familiarity set in and kids, hungry for their lunches, realized that eating the orange and the salad might be better than leaving the cafeteria only half - full.

So get out your party hats, your plastic sporks and your styrofoam lunch trays, and let's kick off the JPD festivities!

-LSB-...] In addition, almost all school food advocates felt that the bill was grossly underfunded, providing only a six - cent - per - meal increase that was unlikely to significantly improve the food on kids» lunch trays.

Bristol, Vermont Walking away from the salad bar with lunch trays packed with vibrant veggies, students in Bristol, Vermont are exclaiming «I love those beet things!»

Instead of insisting that students take one fruit or vegetable each day at lunch, West New York School District (WNYSD) students willingly fill their lunch trays with healthy produce.

I started The Lunch Tray back in May, 2010, shortly after I became involved in school food reform in Houston ISD.

By: Bettina Elias SiegelMSNBC has a story up today about a practice that's old news for school food services directors, but may not be widely known by TLT (The Lunch Tray) readers — i.e., quietly giving «alternative» meals to students who come through the lunch line without the ability to... Read more

Reposted with permission by: Bettina Elias SiegelLast month on The Lunch Tray's Facebook page I shared a link to an eye - opening special report in Parents Magazine about hunger in America.

We somehow «met» through The Lunch Tray and I was taken not only with Justin's passionate commitment to providing school kids with healthy, delicious and sustainable meals, but also with his nuanced and clear - headed thinking about school food issues.

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I may even have a Lunch Tray booth set up at the market — if that's happening, I'll let you know.

Janet: Thanks very much for coming by The Lunch Tray to leave this comment.

As I close out the first week in my new digs here on The Lunch Tray, I just wanted to send out a thank you to all of you....

But this morning SNA's spokesperson, Diane Pratt - Heavner, left a comment on The Lunch Tray which included Ronnei's response to Woldow's piece.

I'd never visited Dana's website (or The Lunch Tray!)

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-LSB-...] few weeks ago I ended my post, «Confessions of a Sideline - Sitter,» by urging Lunch Tray readers to get actively involved in improving school food (as well as food -LSB-...]

-LSB-...] recently on one of the most passionate school food advocates Bettina Elias Siegel's blog, The Lunch Tray, speaks to this -LSB-...]

Thanks for all of the hard work you put in on The Lunch Tray, Bettina — and especially thanks for continuing to work so hard even while school is out and your kids are on vacation.

-LSB-...] was originally published as a guest post on The Lunch Tray) A few years ago I was asked to share the story of my transition from military pilot to mother for -LSB-...]

First of all, welcome to The Lunch Tray and let me humbly apologize for my unforgivable snark about your wardrobe.

So when Poppendieck herself came by The Lunch Tray yesterday and took me to task for some things I've recently written about the School Nutrition Association (SNA), the nation's leading organization of school food professionals, you can imagine how hard that criticism hit home.

Thanks to Casey for sharing her views today on The Lunch Tray.

And, by the way, Jeanne has signed on as the «dessert blogger» for the virtual Food Day progressive dinner party hosted next week by The Lunch Tray, Red, Round, or Green and Eat Dinner.org.

Welcome to The Lunch Tray!

When I interviewed Wansink here on The Lunch Tray soon after, that «dissemination» was taking the form of regular newsletters sent to members of the School Nutrition Association, each explaining a different technique to get kids to eat better in the cafeteria.

So if something is bugging you about kids and food — whether it's the unnecessary «refueling» with Oreos at the 10 am soccer match, the prevalence of highly processed food on your child's lunch tray, or the Sunday school teacher who hands out candy for good behavior — speak up and get involved.

Over the weekend, The Lunch Tray got a spiffy new design upgrade which offers all sorts of great new features.

As I've already argued here on The Lunch Tray, it's incumbent upon Congress to step up and fund similar nutrition education around the country if the HHFKA is to succeed in its goals.

And as we've discussed in detail here on The Lunch Tray, some states are using that discretion to the fullest, declaring that most or even all of their school year is exempt from the Smart Snacks fundraising rules.

Lori — Welcome to The Lunch Tray!

The Lunch Tray's Twitter feed selected by Food Tank as one of «118 Twitter Feeds Every Food Activist Needs to Follow ``

(It is for this reason that I wrote my new, free ebook, The Lunch Tray's Guide to Getting Junk Food Out of Your Child's Classroom.)

I think it is important to point out that this isn't just an issue for middle class families who care deeply about their child's diet and are able to provide abundant healthy food choices but school menus have great impact on many, many poor children who, through no fault of their own and often with no agency to change the situation, end up being pawns in the lunch tray wars.

You'll also be signed up to receive The Lunch Tray's new newsletter, which will share prior Lunch Tray posts as well as features like kid - approved recipes, cooking tips and tricks, kid - food news items and more.

Various Lunch Tray posts have appeared in Mark Bittman's «What We're Reading Now» column (June 25, 2015, June 4, 2015, September 27, 2013, October 10, 2013)

Bettina Siegel blogs about food and food policy related to children over at The Lunch Tray, but you may know her better for her work on «pink slime;» in 2012, she garnered more than 258,000 signatures on a Change.org petition that led the USDA to change its policy on a low - quality ground beef product used in schools.

One of the bravest is Bettina Siegel, who runs the Lunch Tray blog.