Sentences with phrase «on school food»

These rules on food sold outside traditional cafeteria meals are a key part of the first major overhaul on school food in more than three decades.

My team and I remain focused on school food reform because of the need to continue supporting long - term solutions.

But because of those flaws, we now find ourselves in a situation in which the health of school children and the financial burdens placed on school food service directors do not properly align.

Stay connected with us and receive the latest news and information on school food change by checking the box next to the newsletters that you'd like to receive.

His daughter goes to school, and that was his motivation for his series on school food.

And yet again, we arrive at the same conclusion as any meaningful discussion on school food.

Adding my thanks as a parent who wants to see stronger standards and less junk food industry influence on school food.

We all recognize that many many poor children essentially live on school food to meet their daily caloric requirements.

But fewer pizza slices on school food trays would result in a huge financial hit to the big suppliers of frozen pizza.

The blog includes news and information on school food and nutrition, as well as recipes, interviews and advice on all areas of kids and food.

I agree that educating kids is the key to a healthier population, but kids don't have any influence on school food.

After I provided him with my professional background and links to my reporting on the school food issue — including the debate over flavored milk — Bona declined to make the study available.

I am a former lawyer with some food regulatory experience, and after three and a half years of working on school food reform in Houston ISD, I'm relatively well - versed in how school food programs operate.

(I'd be beside myself if I had to rely on school food for an allergy kid!)

Whether you have concerns about school lunch or child nutrition happens to be a passion for you, joining your school districts local wellness policy committee could give you the opportunity to have a positive impact on school food for all of the school children in your area.

-LSB-...] to get her well - informed take on school food reform issues (most recently after reading about the Chicago school food «miracle» reported in the Chicago Tribune).

Henderson made her views on school food known in a meeting with a small group of activists — including myself — along with the director of food services, Jeffrey Mills, and Peggy O'Brien, head of «community engagement.»

This Sunday's New York Times Magazine will feature a major story on school food, «How School Lunch Became the Latest Political Battleground,» and I was honored to be asked to interview the Times reporter, Nicholas Confessore, for a piece on today's New York Times Motherlode.

To the extent that we're selling school meals, we have to compete so there is a lot of selling of items on the school food menu that are regarded as «kid - friendly» but aren't really all that good for kids.

In a letter written to Sharon Hodgson MP, as chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on school food, they outline their commitment to school food and healthy eating.

Lunch Tray readers may have noticed that I've taken a little break over the last two weeks from reporting much on school food and attempts to reform it.

In a piece published on SF Gate earlier this week, Carolyn Lochhead reports that repeated delays in the House on the school food waiver vote indicate to Democrats that:

The Catering Mark has already had a huge impact on school food across the country but it is essential that we build momentum with school food and reach for the next two million meals.

Former adviser on school food John Vincent speaks about the issue on BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme

Of course, not surprisingly, such meals costs far more than we currently spend on school food in America.

And it's deeply disheartening, in my opinion, that the SNA — arguably one of the most influential voices on school food issues — is not leading the charge to obtain this funding but is instead essentially throwing in the towel by advocating a return to the old school food rules on fruits and vegetables.

TLT: In the section on School Food Finance (or elsewhere) do you address how schools might get outside funding to bolster their programs?

I had been working on school food advocacy for many years before Amy met me.

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 school food.

«It's not time to slow down, it's time to push to educate others on school food.

First I shared on TLT the lead magazine story by Nicholas Confessore on school food politics (my companion New York Times Motherlode piece is here) and this morning on TLT's Facebook page I shared a cool photo spread on kids» breakfasts around the world.

But I like to think I've reached a point in my advocacy and writing career where I can rely on school food professionals around the country, not just those in HISD, to help me fill in those blanks.

Indeed, I admitted up front that I love his whole Cockney thing (and find him generally adorable) and I feel very grateful to him for the attention he's focused on school food nationally.

Entitled «Transforming School Food: A National Gathering of Peers and Partners Taking on School Food Change,» the conference will draw over 160 school food service professionals and community organizations from over forty large school districts, as well as government agency partners and funders.

The focus on school food safety came at a joint Senate - House hearing that examined how lapses in federal oversight allowed contaminated meals to reach students.

This way, the Portland Public Schools menu planner can work with farmers to secure a large enough amount of product for all students to have — and be able to colorfully advertise this product on the school food menu and in the form of eye - catching, trendy - looking posters put up in schools.

Two days ago, the Los Angeles Times ran an opinion piece by Robert Gottlieb, director of the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental College, with an update on school food in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

If we rely on local communities to raise funds to improve food, we'll soon have a patchwork of wealthier (or more committed) districts with good food, and poorer districts (where, I would note, more children are reliant on school food) with less healthful offerings.

TLT: In the past, the School Nutrition Association (SNA) and children's health advocates generally worked together on school food issues.

You can read why I'm referred to as a «reluctant school food advocate,» my thoughts on school food reform in private versus public schools, and what I hope to accomplish here in Houston ISD before the youngest of my two children graduates.

-LSB-...] By the way, did anyone take the time to listen to the interview I did with Jane Hersey from the Feingold Association on school food reform a couple weeks ago?

The only way we've differed on school food is on the question of local versus centralized control.