Sentences with phrase «over school food reform»

-LSB-...] as her primary cause while in the White House, do you think conservatives would be in the same tizzy over school food reform?

The food safety bill was passed by the Senate, the long - awaited child nutrition / school food legislation is ready to be signed into law, and we had a lot of really intense debate over school food reform.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that over 95 percent of districts are now meeting the standards, which sounds like a resounding success, but to bolster its own campaign to roll back reforms, the School Nutrition Association (SNA) has tended to emphasize all the obstacles districts reportedly face, from lost revenue to increased food waste.

When advocates who share a common interest in fighting child obesity are at each other's throats over whether chocolate milk is a tasty way for kids to get important nutrition, or the Drink of Satan, the whole school food reform movement suffers, and that hurts kids.

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.

Here in Houston, over 80 % of our students rely on free or reduced price federal school meals and it was precisely that issue of economic dependency which led to my interest in school food reform in the first place — and to the inception of this blog back in 2010.

In a piece written two days after the presidential election («The Fate of Hungry Kids in a Trump Administration,» cross-posted in Civil Eats), I expressed my own grave concerns over the fate of school food reform and other child nutrition programs under a Trump White House and a Republican - controlled Congress.

In another recent Washington Post article, several experts predicted that the popularity of school food reform and cultural shifts regarding obesity over the last eight years would serve as a check on Trump and the new Republican - controlled Congress, while others seemed less sure.

Although I find that my experiences in Houston are a great springboard for discussions of school food reform generally, only about 1 / 9th of my readers are from Houston — the remainder come from all over the U.S. and over 50 foreign countries.

Over the weekend, the Obama Foodorama blog reported on a «Team Obama Food Police» video attacking First Lady Michelle Obama and her school food reform and anti-obesity effoFood Police» video attacking First Lady Michelle Obama and her school food reform and anti-obesity effofood reform and anti-obesity efforts.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports that over 95 percent of districts are now meeting the standards, which sounds like a resounding success, but to bolster its own campaign to roll back reforms, the School Nutrition Association (SNA) has tended to emphasize all the obstacles districts reportedly face, from lost revenue to increased food waste.

By: Bettina Elias SiegelLunch 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.

Sheilah has spent over 30 years as an activist, working with organizations dedicated to developing and advocating for grassroots - developed solutions to social problems, ranging from environmental issues to sustainable agriculture to public school reform to improving school food.