Sentences with phrase «on school lunches»

Despite the federal funding for the American school lunch program, there are initiatives to get local (and state) grown food on the school lunch menus.

The question is, is the current food cheaper than it would be to have real food on the school lunch menu?

Many kids and families who rely on the school lunch program during the school year are left without access to healthy, nourishing food for everyone in the household.

90 % of the children who rely on school lunch programs will go hungry over the summer time.

A few weeks ago, some parents working on school lunch reform told me they'd encountered some resistance from their school's administration.

Saving money on school lunches doesn't need to turn into a frustrating chore.

But truly sad for so many less fortunate children who have to rely on school lunches for their mid day nutrition.

And the act would create an advisory committee made up of education and health officials, consumer groups and industry representatives to recommend ways of sharing additional information on school lunch suppliers.

Whenever I put a recipe or tips focused on school lunch up on my blog, people really respond.

Children and teenagers often rely on school lunch as part of a nutritional, healthy diet.

I highly recommend reading the whole article on the school lunch program, and then find out what practices are happening at your own school.

I realize some parents depend on school lunches so it needs to be addressed based on what's in the best long term interest of children.

Don't get me started on school lunches because I would either get 10 sugar cookies (for 10 cents each) or give my money to boys.

The bill would create an advisory committee made up of education and health officials, consumer groups and industry representatives to recommend precisely what information would be included on school lunch suppliers.

But the site isn't just a stunt — there's excellent commentary on the school lunch program from the author and from guest bloggers.

The percentage of eighth - graders on school lunch reading Below Basic in 2015.

It is to a town's benefit to put the food grown and produced in the region on the school lunch menus.

Keep reading all the pages on school lunches on the blog in regards to children's taste and nutrition.

Currently, we spend about $ 11 billion annually on school lunches — less than a month's worth of military spending.

He was so proud to be the expert on school lunch and show me how everything worked in the cafeteria.

Still can't get water on a school lunch menu as a beverage choice but we can «choice» chocolate cow's milk.

Does chocolate milk belong on our school lunch menu?

Yes, it's entirely possible to save money on school lunches.

Learn more about what today's students are looking for on their school lunch menus, and get an overview of participation trends in federal school meals programs.

The sad thing is how many families that have to rely on that school lunch because they need the financial assistance.

To think that a lot of children have to rely on school lunch as their only warm meal of the day, this really makes me sad!

Initially, the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service website indicated that such chicken could not appear on school lunch trays but after my post last week, the agency changed its website to make clear that private vendors (which supply 80 % of school food) can use Chinese - processed chicken, up to 49 % of the total product, in processed food items sold to schools.

One of the developments I discussed in that piece was the «Reducing Federal Mandates on School Lunch Act,» a federal bill recently introduced by Republican Congresswoman Kristi Noem of South Dakota.

But it's notable that yesterday the Detroit News ran an opinion piece by Rep. Candace Miller (R - MI) in which she lends her support to the Reducing Federal Mandates on School Lunch Act.

Worse still, as revealed in an exclusive Lunch Tray report last year, Chinese - processed chicken can easily appear on school lunch trays, despite the USDA's initial statement to the contrary.

A bill in Congress pushes for pizza and french fries on school lunch line, and our children's health could be at stake.

For more information on school lunch in France, check out Karen Billon's website that shows school lunch menus from all around France.

School lunches are being re-examined across the country as first lady Michelle Obama campaigns to fight child obesity and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver takes on school lunches in his new ABC show, «Food Revolution.»

But there's also a subsidiary issue related to pizza on school lunch trays, and with all the pizza buzz in the air this seems like a good time to raise it: namely, the frequency with which pizza should be appearing on school menus at all.

Local produce was featured daily on the school lunch menu totaling approximately 750,000 meals with locally grown food.

I know there are reports that Aramark / CPS suddenly improved the produce at Roosevelt after the protest began, but just FYI that chef salad photo was one of the first ones posted on The School Lunch Project website, pre-dating any potential improvements by CPS.

Congress wants to keep pizza and french fries on school lunch lines, fighting back against an Obama administration proposal to make school lunches healthier.

Your hardworking colleagues at the employee, manager, and director level are being recognized for their super efforts this year — click to find a full list of SNA's 2015 national award winners, along with more information on School Lunch Hero Day.

«For the first time in history, the USDA has set a calorie limit on school lunches....

Stiffing kids on school lunches today will likely generate massive costs down the road.

It is no irony that in the French South West region where I live, in the heart of le canard (duck) country, duck and duck products are put on the school lunch menus.

Turns out that even in a locavore, agricultural state like Vermont, it still takes a lot of work — and creativity — to change what's served on school lunch trays.

Bettina Elias Siegel of The Lunch Tray deconstructs the New York Times» failure on school lunches and nutrition: New York Times Says «Students Hate School Lunches» SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 by BETTINA ELIAS SIEGEL To which I can only say... GAH!!!!!! People, there is so much to take issue with in yesterday's Sunday...

The video, made by the American News Project, takes place at a January 28 hearing on school lunch nutrition regulations run by the Institute of Medicine (IOM).