Sentences with phrase «say about school food»

See a summary of what the different manifestos say about School Food and child health and wellbeing.

See a summary of what the different manifestos say about School Food and child health and wellbeing.

Not exact matches

They want to know that the issues they care about, from animal welfare to climate change, have been taken care of,» said Jan Potter, Food for Thought's chairperson and headteacher at Belle Vale Primary School.

«We're a very environmentally - aware school and we encourage the children to think about bigger issues», said Carys Martin, Food for Life Co-ordinator at the school.

And you raise a good point about open campuses — once kids are in high school, if they have transportation and funds, there's nothing to keep them from eating fast food every day, just as you say.

I just have to wonder about the knowledge level of the ordinary Americans who comprise this «86 percent say school food nutrition requirements should stay the same or be strengthened».

When the oldest came home from school, I asked her about her new lunchbox, she told me it was great, she said it was really easy to open the container and all of her food stayed separate.

Ed: I know what you're saying, but my fear is that if you rely too much on the individual locality, you get a patchwork of «haves» and «have nots» depending on how concerned your local area is (or is not) about school food.

What does it say about our society if we would rather send children to such mutilating procedures but yet lack the political will to properly fund school nutrition and ban junk food advertising to children?

«Processing the food isn't covered by [farm - to - school] grants, so it's the smaller districts — that have the time for processing — that are buying my food,» said St. Pierre, who sold about 400 pounds of turnips to Alaska schools last season.

«Fried Food In School Cafeterias: «It's About Freedom and Liberty,» Says Ag Commissioner» (Austin, TX NPR) April 20, 2015 broadcast

Agriculture Department officials also said they are working on ways of giving schools more information about seizures and recalls of contaminated food.

JTM Food Group co-founder Joe Maas said the company also processes about 30 million pounds of USDA commodity beef a year that contains LFTB, much of which is shipped to school districts in the Midwest.

That said, advocates also need to work on their talking points about what school food should look like and how we realistically get there in a world where most people don't seem to care.

In opting out, the school system would miss out on about $ 900,000 in annual reimbursements from the federal government, said Christine Frole, District 214 director of food and nutrition.

The «pink slime» controversy has touched a nerve in the school food community and underscored how little parents know about what their children eat at school, said Kate Adamick, a noted school food consultant and author.

Erik Olson, head of food programs at Pew Charitable Trusts» health group, said calorie limits remain intact but schools will «have much more flexibility about how they present meals that kids will want to eat,» calling it «a fairly modest readjustment.»

As I say in my tagline, it's about «kids and food, in school and out,» and because of my own interest and involvement in school food reform on the ground, there's often a lot of talk about that here.

Most people don't know the first thing about school food, so they just accept what he says as true.

And yes, of course kids are likely to embellish and say the school food is «gross» even if it's relatively decent... but a few intelligent questions about WHAT it is, as in, are there vegetables?

As I've said often, including in my very first post on this blog, what school cafeterias implicitly teach our children about food and food choices is as important as the food itself.

All of that said, though, the kids clearly have some legitimate complaints about their school food.

Another report says that the menu will now include «Salvadorean beef stew, chicken tandoori, Asian pad thai, California sushi roll and teriyaki beef and broccoli with brown rice,» but also notes the district says the changes were already in the pipeline well before Jamie even showed up in L.A. (And given what I know about school food procurement in my own large urban district, which I'm told can have a year - long lag time, that seems likely to be true.)

Sixty percent of the parents of students enrolled in the stronger food curriculum said school changed their child's knowledge about healthful food choices, compared to 36 percent in the other program.

He says he's succeeded in showing his viewers the sorry state of school food and how worried children are about obesity - related diseases (at least in hard - hit communities like West Adams).

When I had my op - ed about school food in the Houston Chronicle last summer, many readers wrote in to say, hey, whatever happened to the good, old - fashioned sandwich?

About 12 million Americans are thought to have food allergies, said Dr. Scott Sicherer, associate professor of pediatrics at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York and author of «Understanding and Managing Your Child's Food Allergies.&rafood allergies, said Dr. Scott Sicherer, associate professor of pediatrics at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York and author of «Understanding and Managing Your Child's Food Allergies.&raFood Allergies.»

«If we never changed from what we did in 1946, I don't think you could say too many good things about school lunch,» said Paula Schmicker, who directs the food service program for Elgin Area Unit District 46.

The Food Research and Action Center's report, «Hunger Doesn't Take a Vacation,» said that nationally about 3.2 million children are enrolled in summer nutrition programs, compared with 15.3 million who receive free and reduced - price lunches during the school year.

Larry Meyers, principal of Westchester Middle School, said his district resorted to fast foods about two years ago because «children would dump their lunches at the end of the period.»

In other words, I have something to say about kids, schools, budgets, health education and food.

For example, if the assistant superintendent for finance says that the school depends on the money generated from junk - food sales, an argument about children's health may not be persuasive.

About 95 percent of schools are reportedly meeting the standards, but GOP lawmakers backed by the School Nutrition Association (SNA) said the provisions have led to an increase in food waste and a dramatic decline in student participation over the last three years.

(Click here to hear what school food reform pioneer Chef Ann Cooper has to say about it.).

A school with outstanding food allergy awareness is willing to 1) provide accommodations in writing for your child for their specific allergies, 2) admit what they don't know and learn, 3) follow a written health care plan (provided by your doctor) that outlines the steps to take if anaphylaxis were to occur, 4) train all necessary staff on the use of epinephrine, 5) have a school nurse in the building at all times, 6) include your child in every activity possible including field trips, 7) educate the community about food allergies, 8) refuse to allow any bullying behavior regarding food allergies, 9) find ways to celebrate without food and 10) stand up to parents (and educate them) who say that food allergies are «hogwash»!

«This is really gaining momentum now,» said Gary Cuneen of Seven Generations Ahead, a Chicago - area non-profit that has worked with schools in Oak Park and elsewhere to improve lunch menus and to educate students about food.

«I purchase about 450 pounds of fresh produce from local farms and we serve it on the salad bars in all seven of our schools that day,» said Kaye Wetli, SNS, Supervisor of Food Services at RSD.

A school with outstanding food allergy awareness is willing to 1) provide accommodations in writing for your child for their specific allergies, 2) admit what they don't know and learn, 3) provide a written health care plan that outlines the steps to take if anaphylaxis were to occur, 4) train all necessary staff on the use of epinephrine, 5) have a school nurse in the building at all times, 6) include your child in every activity possible including field trips, 7) educate the community about food allergies, 8) refuse to allow any bullying behavior regarding food allergies, 9) find ways to celebrate without food and 10) stand up to parents (and educate them) who say that food allergies are «hogwash»!

While the program continues to generate a lot controversy in more affluent schools (lost class time, sanitation issues and concerns about the nutritional quality of the food), our Food Services department has said that in poorer schools the program has been enthusiastically welcomed by principals who are seeing increased attendance, reduced tardiness and fewer discipline problfood), our Food Services department has said that in poorer schools the program has been enthusiastically welcomed by principals who are seeing increased attendance, reduced tardiness and fewer discipline problFood Services department has said that in poorer schools the program has been enthusiastically welcomed by principals who are seeing increased attendance, reduced tardiness and fewer discipline problems.

The project's polls in Louisiana, Ohio, and North Carolina asked about school fundraisers, and most respondents said they preferred activity - based events such as car washes or walk - a-thons to food - focused events.

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 When I had my op - ed about school food in the Houston Chronicle last summer, many readers wrote in to say, hey, whatever happened to the good, -LSB-...]

When I had my op - ed about school food in the Houston Chronicle last summer, many readers wrote in to say, hey, whatever happened to the good, -LSB-...]

I have very mixed feelings about encouraging any community which can afford it to go ahead and raise all the money they need to fix school food in their own back yard, and I say this even as, here in SF, we prepare to have a study done on building the central kitchen of our dreams; to build that kitchen, we will have to tax ourselves via a bond.

Given how the USDA and industry has been refusing to label genetically engineered foods (GMOs), which would allow consumers to make informed choices, I find it interesting that the USDA now says they are going to give schools a choice about pink slime or pink slime - free, in the interests of transparency.

talk about the fda cutting corners to save money when it comes to our health.if the fda wants to eat or feed it to there familys thats on them but we should» nt have to be made to it this toxic food... nor should or kids... i read this to my son and now he said he won't eat the meat at school anymore he'll wait till he gets home from school to eat or he'll just eat a saled or something with no meat in it.and thats coming from a 15 year old..

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Just about one year ago, we were checking in with some of our Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom districts to see how their first year of breakfast - in - the - classroom was progressing; check out what Sandy Huisman, Director of Food & Nutrition Management in Des Moines, Iowa and with Amy Dennes, Regional Assistant Superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools, had to say about the value of BIC.

You can click on the photo to enlarge it, but the caption above the «FU» reads «Congress says pizza is a vegetable,» which harkens back to some dark days in 2011 for those of us who care about improving school food.

Ivy Ken, a DCPS parent and longtime advocate for more healthful food in schools, said she is «thrilled» that the lawsuit is bringing to light concerns people have had about the food program that were often dismissed by District officials.