With community support, we eliminated high - fructose drinks from school vending machines and banned sweets from classroom parties (a hard swallow for those drinking the same sugary punch as Cookie Crusader Sarah Palin); changed the tuition - based preschool food offerings to allergy - free, healthful choices; successfully lobbied for a salad bar and then taught kids how to use it; enlisted Gourmet Gorilla, a small independent company, to provide affordable, healthy, locally sourced,
organic snacks after - school and boxed lunches; built a teaching kitchen to house an afterschool cooking program; and convinced teachers to give - up a union - mandated planning period in order to supervise daily outdoor recess.
Not exact matches
Other fond memories include an
organic fingerling potato pizza with the thinnest crust on the planet, dipping our toes in Lake Michigan, finally getting to see pieces by Henry Darger, magnificent architecture, Bucktown, uncomplicated subway, Hendrickx Belgian bakery, and
snacking on all the lovely produce
after a long day of walking around, with blisters.
After 15 years of being in the
organic business, Anni Brownjohn, founder of OZGANICS and mum of two, noticed how very few options there were for quick, healthy, savoury
snacking solutions.
One of my favorite ways to eat strawberries is to buy them whole and frozen (always
organic since they're at the top of the Dirty Dozen list) and
snack on them right out of the freezer, or
after about 5 minutes of thawing.
After learning more about 4moms and their amazingly cool products, enter to win a huge prize package of foodie finds including this 4moms high chair, a one month supply of Plum
Organics baby food and
snacks, a Binxy Baby shopping cart hammock, a Beaba Babycook, feeding items from JJ Rabbit, and $ 100 shop credit to Mitz — a value of over $ 750!
After learning about these adorable and amazingly functional baby feeding tools, enter to win a huge prize package of foodie finds including a feeding bundle from JJ Rabbit, plus a Beaba Babycook, one month supply of Plum
Organics baby food and
snacks, a 4moms highchair, a Binxy Baby shopping cart hammock, and $ 100 shop credit to Mitz — a value of over $ 750!
But we also watch eco-movies, go on retreats to
organic wineries, pick berries, plan gardens and, now,
after a couple emails on the topic, do swap
snacks.
Try some berries at breakfast, a sliced apple (
organic Gala is my favorite) sprinkled with cinnamon as a mid-morning
snack, or a few cubes of fresh pineapple
after dinner.
After dinner
snack: Raw cheese slices,
organic apple and peanut butter, or plain whole milk
organic yogurt.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Singlehandedly created and implemented an
after school program for a group of special needs children, with different learning abilities • Incorporated remedial programs into afterschool activities, resulting in a high number of students excelling in regular education • Trained 42 new teachers (within a span of 5 years) to successfully implement
after school programs in 5 different community schools • Suggested introduction of
organic snacks for students during
after school activities, which resulted in students opting for healthy food for all their meals