Salad bars are a great way to get kids eating more fresh produce, but having a successful
salad bar program requires a plan.
Salad bars are a great way to get kids eating more fresh produce, but having a successful
salad bar program requires a plan.
Not exact matches
On The Lunch Box under our
Programs tab, we have broken out all the areas that are
required to address
salad bars.
To meet nutritional goals of the reimbursable
program, students are
required to take two
salad bar items.
But schools also are deterred by USDA regulations that
require students to pass by a cash register or «point of sale» station after they have been to the
salad bar to ensure that they have served themselves the correct portions of fruits and vegetables
required under the federal lunch
program.
A source I spoke with at Houston ISD Food Services told me that
salad bars in Houston schools (whether obtained through Chef Ann's grant
program or by private fundraising) are simply «not sustainable;» i.e., the fresh produce
required to regularly stock a
salad bar is too expensive.