Sentences with phrase «new federal school meal»

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There does seem to be an over-reliance on potatoes (and, thanks to the successful lobbying of potato growers, the new federal school meal standards won't prevent that practice from continuing), and the entrees tend to fall into the «doctored junk food» category of pizza, chicken nuggets and hot dogs.

, a public / private partnership of health organizations helping Maine successfully implement — and exceed — the new federal school meal standards.

WITS is part of the First Lady's «Chefs Move to Schools» planning team, so it was all the more surprising when the NYC DOE revoked authorization for the program, claiming the WITS fresh, scratch - cooked meals don't meet the new federal school meal regulations.

There does seem to be an over-reliance on potatoes (and, thanks to the successful lobbying of potato growers, the new federal school meal standards won't prevent that practice from continuing), and the -LSB-...]

-LSB-...] = School Food Vegetable» May 16, 2012By staffOne of the most dismaying aspects of the recent passage of new federal school meal standards was the collective caving by Congress to pressure from various food manufacturers seeking to -LSB-...]

Not exact matches

NSBA says the new nutritional standards will just widen the gap between what schools pay to provide free meals and the federal reimbursement rates.

The new contract spells the end of the district's short - lived foray into the National School Lunch Program, which provides federal reimbursements in exchange for offering healthy free or reduced - cost meals to low - income students.

This fall, when youngsters line up in the cafeterias of Chicago Heights Elementary School District 170, they will be served leaner, more nutritious meals because of new federal guidelines regulating school luSchool District 170, they will be served leaner, more nutritious meals because of new federal guidelines regulating school luschool lunches.

That's the new rule from the USDA, which oversees the federal school - meal program that feeds 26 million children a day.

To be sure, the new federal Smart Snacks and meal standards are a huge improvement in school food, and the passage of those rules is an achievement that shouldn't be diminished (or rolled back — ahem, SNA).

Last week the Associated Press ran a widely disseminated article indicating that: some schools around the country are dropping out of the healthier new federal lunch program, complaining that so many students turned up their noses at meals packed... [Continue reading]

Calculations by the nonprofit National School Boards Association suggest the guidelines could add 11 cents to 25 cents per meal; the new rules, by contrast, would raise the federal reimbursement by only 6 cents.

lRaise the federal reimbursement by 6 cents per lunch for school districts that comply with new meals standards to be issued by the Agriculture Department.

Ensure that students have access to healthy foods during the school day — through both school meals and other foods available throughout the school campus — in accordance with federal and New York State nutrition standards.

The cost of complying with new federal meal guidelines that call for more fruits and vegetables, more whole grains, and less salt, may well force cash - strapped schools to raise the price of lunch and breakfast.

The same fines (loss of daily federal school meal reimbursements) can now be imposed under the new federal scheme, and they seem to be regarded by some Houston principals with the same jaded eye.

A House committee approved legislation last week that would give school districts more flexibility in meeting new federal nutritional mandates for school meals.

In the name of losing weight, about one - fifth of high - school girls have used diet pills, more than one in six have forced themselves to vomit, and half have skipped a meal, the results of new federal survey indicate.

School districts serve lunch to 30 million children, and many districts have struggled to meet new federal standards for school meals and competitive foods, including increasingly stringent rules on calorie limits, whole grain content, and sodium reduSchool districts serve lunch to 30 million children, and many districts have struggled to meet new federal standards for school meals and competitive foods, including increasingly stringent rules on calorie limits, whole grain content, and sodium reduschool meals and competitive foods, including increasingly stringent rules on calorie limits, whole grain content, and sodium reduction.