Sentences with phrase «news in school food»

I'm emerging from my blogging vacation to share some big news in school food.

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A school district in Minnesota has made news for removing seven problematic ingredients from its school food: artificial colors, artificial sweeteners, artificial preservatives, trans fats / hydrogenated oils, antibiotics and hormones in meats, and bleached flour.

Here are a few of our favorite stories about school food in the news from the last week:

Along the lines of better food for less money, a new study that was covered in Medical News Today (via Slow Food USA) showed that farm to school programs can improve school meals while not raising cofood for less money, a new study that was covered in Medical News Today (via Slow Food USA) showed that farm to school programs can improve school meals while not raising coFood USA) showed that farm to school programs can improve school meals while not raising costs.

In Northern Michigan Kids news, schools across northwest Michigan have been serving up local food experiences in cafeterias, classrooms, and school gardens, and we'll be sharing some of those stories each montIn Northern Michigan Kids news, schools across northwest Michigan have been serving up local food experiences in cafeterias, classrooms, and school gardens, and we'll be sharing some of those stories each montin cafeterias, classrooms, and school gardens, and we'll be sharing some of those stories each month.

We've been reading a lot of news from stories around the country about ways that schools are delivering food to kids: in the summer, in the morning, and at lunch.

It's one of those weeks when the school food news is coming in so fast, I can't keep up!

If you were a TLT Facebook fan, you would also have gotten tons of great tips for nutritious - but - not - too - messy car snacks for kids (thanks, readers, for responding), some good school food news out of Minnesota, news about the pending school food regulations, and a cute photo of a TLT reader holding her very own vintage TLT lunch tray, won in a recent giveaway.

Or maybe the businesses that control most news media have owners / shareholders in common with industrial food and school lunch businesses like Sysco and Chartwells, so they have a vested interest in slanting the story in that direction.

While this blog was dominated by the discussion of Chinese - processed chicken in school meals, a lot has been going on in the kid - and - food - news world.

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.

As the political wrangling over weakening school nutrition standards continues in Congress, here's some nice school food news to share: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced yesterday that the USDA will be providing school districts with over... [Continue reading]

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This news comes at a time when healthy vending is a hot issue, especially as the USDA recently launched its proposed guidelines for competitive foods (i.e. foods sold in school vending machines, a la carte and in student stores), which are currently undergoing public comment.

Due to the impending passage of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010, school food reform was frequently in the national news.

Lucan subsequently wrote a piece for U.S. News & World Report, again urging schools to drop their nut bans in order to allow healthy nut snacks on campus: «When School Food Policies Are Just Nuts.»

Last week the Massachusetts Public Health Council made news by promulgating, at the direction of the state's Governor, new statewide guidelines for competitive foods sold in schools.

We reported that news about colors and behavior in the Better School Food Dec. 2007 Newsletter http://betterschoolfood.org/media/newsletters/071214.html It was based on research published in Lancet in Sept 2007.

In response to the news item, Rush Limbaugh had a particularly offensive broadcast (although with El Rushbo, it's kinda hard to make such distinctions) in which he opined that «one of the benefits of school being out [is]... your kids losing weight because they're starving to death out there because there's no school meal being provided» He then suggested, among other things, that hungry kids should Dumpster - dive for fooIn response to the news item, Rush Limbaugh had a particularly offensive broadcast (although with El Rushbo, it's kinda hard to make such distinctions) in which he opined that «one of the benefits of school being out [is]... your kids losing weight because they're starving to death out there because there's no school meal being provided» He then suggested, among other things, that hungry kids should Dumpster - dive for fooin which he opined that «one of the benefits of school being out [is]... your kids losing weight because they're starving to death out there because there's no school meal being provided» He then suggested, among other things, that hungry kids should Dumpster - dive for food.

In last Friday's food news, I told you about a new blog, Fed Up: School Lunch Project.

Meanwhile, Betti Wiggins, executive director of the Detroit Public Schools Office of School Nutrition, makes the case for staying the course on healthier school food in the DetroitSchool Nutrition, makes the case for staying the course on healthier school food in the Detroitschool food in the Detroit News.

Joanne Roach said: RT @thelunchtray: Big news in #schoolfood: USDA announces new school food regulations today.

Chef Ann's U.S. News Blog: Read through the archives of Ann's U.S. News & World Report blog where she examines recent events in school food reform.

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I also share some big news: in the past, even a school willing to pay for its own salad bar could not get the district to stock it with food, but with changes to the way our menus will be planned, starting next year this will no longer be the case.

The good news, as noted in the Times article, is that under the new USDA school food regulations, calorie minimums for school meals are going down, and a broader variety of fruits and vegetables (not just corn and potatoes) will be offered.

Just ran across an article on Yahoo News that provides some sad statistics on junk food in our schools.

-LSB-...] this blog was dominated by the discussion of Chinese - processed chicken in school meals, a lot has been going on in the kid - and - food - news world.

«When we send our kids to school, we expect that they won't be eating the kind of fatty, salty, sugary foods that we try to keep them from eating at home,» Obama said in a news release.

In this blogpost for U. S. News & Word Report, Chef Ann discusses Congress's proposed cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and how it will impact hungry children's access to healthy food both in and out of schooIn this blogpost for U. S. News & Word Report, Chef Ann discusses Congress's proposed cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and how it will impact hungry children's access to healthy food both in and out of schooin and out of school.

In Chef Ann's first blogpost for U. S. News & World Report, she gives parents 5 tips for kickstarting school food change in their home districtIn Chef Ann's first blogpost for U. S. News & World Report, she gives parents 5 tips for kickstarting school food change in their home districtin their home districts.

In previous U. S. News & World Report blogposts, Chef Ann outlined the drawbacks to congressional legislation that would allow schools to opt out of USDA school food guidelines.

New Recommendations from the National Sleep Foundation - The Atlantic January 2015 - Poor Sleep in Adolescence Predicts Future Problems, Study Says - Los Angeles Times January 2015 - How Sleep Keeps You Healthy, Helps You Heal - Discovery News September 2014 - Lack of Sleep Increases Risk of Failure in School Among Teens - Science World Report, from Sleep Medicine August 2014 - Sleep Woes in Old Age May Be Linked to Brain Cell Loss - Health magazine August 2014 — University of Chicago Study: Getting More Sleep Could Cut Junk Food Cravings in Half — CBS News August 2014 — University of Montreal Study Shows Learning Is Best Enhanced During Sleep - Jewish Business News February 2014 - Link Found between Sleep Duration and Depression - Psych Central February 2014 - Less Sleep, More Time Online, Raises Risk for Teen Depression — National Public Radio

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Wellness News Angry Moms Take on School Lunches Two mothers made a documentary about school lunches called Two Angry Moms in an effort to get more nutritious food sSchool Lunches Two mothers made a documentary about school lunches called Two Angry Moms in an effort to get more nutritious food sschool lunches called Two Angry Moms in an effort to get more nutritious food served.

Wellness News School Lunches Improving Less junk food is being sold in school cafeterias and at school fundraisers, but students still need more physical education, according to a federal School Lunches Improving Less junk food is being sold in school cafeterias and at school fundraisers, but students still need more physical education, according to a federal school cafeterias and at school fundraisers, but students still need more physical education, according to a federal school fundraisers, but students still need more physical education, according to a federal study.

The sugar tax news from March has once again raised the question of how schools can best implement nutritious foods into pupil's diets and play their part in fighting the obesity problem?

The news comes after a report from the food banks provider Trussel Trust found a 21 per cent increase in demand during the school holidays.

Let's face it: it's not always positive stories we hear in the news about school foods and physical education, our kids» health and how our academic achievements stack up against those of our global competitors.

Mark, trying his best to distance himself from the cruel and pathetic 21st century, hadn't listened to the news reports, not even when the dark green jeeps and helicopters showed up in town, men dressed in identical uniforms, just like in school, always standing with stony faces, setting up shelters and warning signals and food storage boxes.

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