Sentences with phrase «much food in school»

Why is there so much food in school these days?

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Because of that week, not only was my own life changed profoundly through friendships and awakenings, but I'm proud to say that we — and I mean all of us because you have all walked this road with our family — we have partnered with incredible leaders to build a school for kids in earthquake ground zero Port - au - Prince (staffed and run by Haitians), supported a home - based village for trafficked children near the border, built a preschool for early support for these children, supported schooling and food programs in neglected villages decimated by the cholera outbreak, supported pregnant and nursing women with a fantastic maternity centre, and so much more.

«We are talking to the city council about how much money they spend on prison, schools, hospitals — places the city runs — and how much money it spends on food in those areas.

Tuna in salad is not really a personal favorite for me, might be since I ate too much tuna when I went to school (simple and cheap food for a poor student).

It is much harder in elementary school — there is just SO much food involved!

My allergies could have worsened from the stress of being in school, my consumption of these foods nearly every day (especially bagels lol), and the lack of variety in my diet (not that much healthy food available on my campus!).

As a high school sophomore and self - identified hippie, I saw working at this ice cream franchise in the suburbs of Chicago not really as a job opportunity so much as a potentially transcendent life experience: I could go beyond consuming Phish Food ice cream and be part of the culture that created Phish Food.

My kid's «school» sends home all uneaten food (in the stainless steel containers they provide) so that we can gauge how much was eaten!

And there are also many, many things we could be doing to encourage children's acceptance of healthier school meals: imposing meaningful restrictions on children's junk food advertising; requiring food education in schools — not just nutrition education, but offering kids a real understanding of our food system, and overtly inoculating them against the allure of hyper - processed and fast food; teaching all children basic cooking skills; getting more gardens into schools; encouraging restaurants to ditch the standard breaded - and - fried children's menu; imposing taxes on soda (and even junk food); improving food access; and so much more.

provides effective money - saving and revenue - generating tools for use in any school kitchen or cafeteria... [including] examples, diagrams, charts, and worksheets that unlock the financial secrets to scratch - cooking in the school food environment and prove that a penny saved is much more than a penny earned.

The piece doesn't offer much in the way of solutions, but I thought it did a great job of capturing the current, entrenched problems in school food, at least in large, urban districts like L.A. and Houston.

John Vincent writes about his experience of school food in the 70s and 80s and reflects on how much better school food is today: I was at school in the 1970s and 1980s.

As I explained in «Yes, School Meal Standards Just Got Weaker — But Not As Much As You Think,» Secretary Perdue's May 1st announcement did little more than lock in the status quo on schoolSchool Meal Standards Just Got Weaker — But Not As Much As You Think,» Secretary Perdue's May 1st announcement did little more than lock in the status quo on schoolschool food.

John Vincent writes about his experience of school food in the 70s and 80s and reflects on how much better school food is today:

«Much more needs to be done to reach the millions of children who rely on school lunch, by helping them make it through the evening with a healthy supper that was funded by the Child and Adult Food Program (CACFP),» the report commented in its introduction.

Allison — Normally I'd write a much longer answer but since I'm in the middle of this pink slime petition campaign, let me point you to one of the best resources on the Internet for people getting started in trying to improve school food on a local level.

Lunch Money is Adamick's effort to dispel «the myth that school food reform is cost prohibitive» by providing «effective money - saving and revenue - generating tools for use in any school kitchen or cafeteria... [including] examples, diagrams, charts, and worksheets that unlock the financial secrets to scratch - cooking in the school food environment and prove that a penny saved is much more than a penny earned.»

I recall when I was in HISD (many years ago, admittedly) that they went on a weekly menu cycle: when Son was in school (much more recent) I think he had access to pizza and other foods of this type on pretty much a daily basis.

I don't know how much of a delay «Top Chef» has between filming and broadcast, so even if they took up the school lunch challenge, Congress might have already acted * — Agweek says that Sen. Lincoln (D - AR) hopes to hold a markup session in the Senate Agriculture Committee on March 26 (via Slow Food USA) and it is not inconceivable that the new legislation could pass quickly.

It's a hotly debated issue in the U.S., with one side arguing that school food should be more nutritious and the other side arguing that it costs to much to provide that type of food.

JTM Food Group co-founder Joe Maas said the company also processes about 30 million pounds of USDA commodity beef a year that contains LFTB, much of which is shipped to school districts in the Midwest.

Though students may not notice much difference in the food line, the USDA has fashioned three basic methods for schools to follow the guidelines.

«As a former dinner lady, I know how much it helps that these new school food standards — which all schools, including academies, will be called on to meet — have been made simpler so that Cooks have some room to be creative in coming up with nutritious menus that students will enjoy.

As a member of Houston ISD's Food Services Parent Advisory Committee (and now also HISD's Student Health Advisory Council), and as someone who is very much «in the weeds» on this issue, meaningful school food reform seems nearly impossible to me on my darkest dFood Services Parent Advisory Committee (and now also HISD's Student Health Advisory Council), and as someone who is very much «in the weeds» on this issue, meaningful school food reform seems nearly impossible to me on my darkest dfood reform seems nearly impossible to me on my darkest days.

In particular, there are three aspects of the House bill that ought to especially worry parents, health advocates and those who are concerned about fighting childhood hunger: the bill takes a decidedly unscientific approach to setting school nutrition standards, it would most certainly re-open the school junk food floodgates, and it will drop millions of needy kids from a much - lauded program that currently offers them free school meals.

But my interest in school food has to do with much more than waistlines.

Here in HISD, veritable «food courts» are set up at lunch at various high schools to sell junk food as fundraisers, and principals not only turn a blind eye, they're enthusiastic about them due to the revenue that is brought in — so much revenue that hefty fine from the TX Dept. of Agriculture is just the cost of doing business.

On the other hand, as I also noted in my JO post, I do tend to overlook some of Oliver's shtick — and questionable tactics — when I consider how much valuable attention he's drawn to critically important issues like childhood obesity and diabetes, our nation's over-processed diet and the abysmal state of school food in many places in the U.S. I'm just not sure he would have achieved the same high ratings with a measured, PBS - style documentary on the topic.

«With the generosity of Cumberland County residents and the hard work of many volunteers,» she told Tennessee's Crossville Chronicle, «local food banks will have much - needed supplies entering the summer months when many school breakfast and lunch programs are not available to children in need.»

The DC school district's position directly pits Chartwell's business interests against the rights of DC parents to know if (a) their school district is being unlawfully denied funds to which it is entitled and (b) if huge food manufacturers are wielding undue influence over the FSMC, resulting in that much more processed, sugary foods on school lunch trays.

I want to thank the reporter, Claudia Feldman, for taking time to speak with me about issues I — and most of you — care so much about: trying hard to feed our kids well in a less - than - healthy food environment; improving school food; and yes, my pet peeve of food in the classroom for birthday treats or performance rewards.

food manufacturers have managed to invade what should be a commercial - free zone through vending machines and «pouring rights»; branded foods (like Pizza Hut pizzas) sold in the national school lunch program; the sale of a la carte foods; the use of Channel One television in the classroom; the creation of textbooks replete with math problems that use the products» names; give - aways of branded items like textbook covers; offering their products as rewards for academic performance (read X number of books over the summer and earn a gift certificate to McDonald's); and much more.

For the last year or so, much of my writing on TLT (and in other outlets)- and my focus as an advocate - has been devoted to the long - running battle over school food nutritional standards.

There's been so much going on in the school food world that I'm late sharing with you a recent - and troubling - study on the diets of very young kids.

And of course much of my reporting for the book didn't take place in schools at all, but in pediatric clinics, neuroscience labs, living rooms, and fast - food restaurants.

Even students who pay «full» price for meals don't pay the real / actual cost, there is reimbursement to schools even for «full» price students (not as much as for free or reduced, of course), as well as support in the form of donated foods.

We DID spend months changing our recipes, writing the portions, training our 100 + culinary staff, so in terms of work, it is hard to calculate how much that has taken out of any school food service that tries its best to cook from scratch.

As much attention as prior to separation needs to be given to his or her food safety, avoidance measures at home and at school, medical forms for the school, training of teachers to recognize and treat anaphylaxis, and having EpiPens always in reach.

Perhaps her kids waste time in front of the TV, eat processed foods, have week behavioral boundaries, attend overcrowded schools... things that are tolerated much more than giving children autonomy but potentially far more damaging.

I believe we can and do all agree on two points: 1) really, no one — not teachers, not other parents, and not school staff should be feeding our kids things we don't want them to eat or which could harm them (particularly at younger ages) and 2) that there is much too much unhealthy food being served way too often in schools.

This article from a local Boulder, CO paper discusses the newly - launched fundraising campaign, and points up the very issue we've been talking about so much in recent weeks here on TLT: namely, can a district offer the kind of healthful food that Chef Ann champions without extra funding (over and above what the USDA reimburses schools)?

According to the article, «a Government - backed report is expected to push for a halving in the number of children taking packed lunches to school in an attempt to stop pupils eating so much fatty and sugary food.»

This may appear to be a cheaper method of dealing with a food service provider, but in fact the school district would have much less control over the individual meal items Aramark is serving.

So, food was very much a part of every year's school celebration in addition to the kids bringing in Valentine's Day cards, many of which included candy treats.

I also read there is twice as much school food waste in the American school lunch program compared to two years ago.

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That's why so much of my time is taken up in trying to publicize just how important it is for our lowest income and most vulnerable students to have access to the highest possible quality of food at school.

And you can see in my post that I did my best to ascertain, at least for France, how much schools are actually spending on food.

And while I sat through the various presentations, I reflected on how much my feelings about school food professionals have changed since I walked into my first PAC meeting in 2010.

I also dislike the fact that two choices are offered each day and at least one is invariably the «junk food» item, making it that much harder to achieve student acceptance of anything new and healthier (see, «My Op - Ed in the Houston Chronicle — Improving School Food Is Only Half the Battle «-Rfood» item, making it that much harder to achieve student acceptance of anything new and healthier (see, «My Op - Ed in the Houston Chronicle — Improving School Food Is Only Half the Battle «-RFood Is Only Half the Battle «-RRB-.