A general misconception that remains lingering over
the school food debate is the advantages of packed lunch.
If you've been paying attention to
the school food debate this past year, you've noticed the consistent barrage of negative claims: «Kids hate healthier school meals.»
The Senate Agriculture Committee will hold its first hearing today on the 2015 Child Nutrition Reauthorization, well ahead of schedule and no doubt in response to the roiling
school food debate.
In the film, leaders from all sides of
the school food debate, including government officials, school foodservice experts, activists, and students, weigh in on the program and discuss ways to continue nourishing America's children for another 60 years.
You're such a polarizing figure in
the school food debate (did you see Michelle Malkin's latest rant?
I didn't want to rock the boat yesterday, when you were taking a break from
school food debate.
You're such a polarizing figure in
the school food debate (did you -LSB-...]
Not exact matches
Ultimately, children and young people will go on to make their own decisions about what they eat, but as long as
schools offer students the opportunity to think, discuss and
debate the issues as well as to cook and eat good vegetarian
food, a weekly meat free day provides them with the knowledge and experience with which to make informed, responsible and compassionate choices.
The campaign started with a
debate that explored how everyone — individuals,
schools, retail shops and
food outlets — can work together to tackle sugar intake in the city.
Let's move away from the birthday cupcake
debate (for now, anyway) and back to the issue of
school food.
We can
debate whether there's a one - size - fits - all solution to
school food, but it's irrefutable that the «solution» Jamie showed us on Friday night is currently available only to a teeny tiny fraction of the
schools in this country lucky enough to find an angel like Orfalea, and that's information he quite intentionally did not share with us.
Debates not related to
food allergies with regard to the pros / cons about immunizing, breast versus bottle, homeschooling versus traditional
schooling, etc..
The degree to which
school food can be «fixed» without additional funding has long been a subject of
debate here on this blog, with experts weighing in on all sides.
I invited Mike to comment on that article if he desired, and ever since he and Dana have been having an intense, informative
debate about
school food reform — the costs, what's possible, the validity of Oliver's accomplishments, the role an outsider like J.O. can or can not play, and more — that I think you'll really want to read.
It's a hotly
debated issue in the U.S., with one side arguing that
school food should be more nutritious and the other side arguing that it costs to much to provide that type of
food.
Such discussions over
school lunches and healthy eating echo a larger national
debate about the role government should play in individual
food choices.
A full discussion of that issue is outside the scope of this paper but warrants consideration in a
debate about
school food budgets.
In case you're still
debating whether to speak up for healthier
school food, check out this email exchange between a concerned mother and a teacher at her first grader's
school.
-LSB-...] goes back to a question that's been
debated hotly on this blog for a long time (see «Why I Rained on Someone's
School Food Reform Parade» and the posts linked to it): can a school district ever «get it right» using -LS
School Food Reform Parade» and the posts linked to it): can a
school district ever «get it right» using -LS
school district ever «get it right» using -LSB-...]
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.
-LSB-...] this email for a while,
debating whether or not to send it... and then your post this morning [«
School Food Reform: Can't We All Get Along (We Can and We Have To)»] hit home.
But whatever your thoughts on the subject, it's clearly a
debate worth having: according to the Chicago Tribune story, the American Academy of Pediatrics says that
food allergies now affect approximately 1 in 25
school - aged children.
The case of Mendy Heaps is a stark reminder that at least one voice is largely missing from the
debate over
school food that's getting so much attention lately: the voice of teachers.
Food for thought Mrs. Q's blog benefited from good political timing:
School lunches have been in the spotlight as Congress
debated reauthorizing the Child Nutrition Act.
The SNA found allies in Congress among conservative House Republicans, and the
debate over
school food became unusually rancorous and partisan.
-LSB-...] It all goes back to a question that's been
debated hotly on this blog for a long time (see «Why I Rained on Someone's
School Food Reform Parade» and the posts linked to it): can a school district ever «get it right» using just the federal reimbursement
School Food Reform Parade» and the posts linked to it): can a
school district ever «get it right» using just the federal reimbursement
school district ever «get it right» using just the federal reimbursement rate?
But how did this
debate devolve into an either / or proposition in which
school food professionals are pitted against the very children they serve with such dedication?
Over the years, Congress has mandated federal nutrition standards, funded fresh fruit and vegetable programs and
debated, but never acted on, banning various «junk
foods» from
schools.
Every day hundreds, thousands, millions of people are having public conversations
debating everything from Justin Bieber's haircut to what «healthy
school food» really means.
Tomorrow, the House Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a markup of its
school food bill, the process through which committee members
debate and amend draft legislation.
As I've often said on TLT, when we
debate the minutiae of
school food reform it's easy to forget that, for some children,
school food is the only
food they get in the course of a day.
When parents at other
schools in the district asked for the same change without going through the
debate stage, milk consumption fell so drastically that the
food service provider insisted on restoring the chocolate.
Professor Bruce Fitt, professor of plant pathology at the University of Hertfordshire's
School of Medical and Life Sciences, said: «There is considerable
debate about the impact of climate change on crop production — and making sure that we have sufficient
food to feed the ever - growing global population is key to our future
food security.»
In fact, exactly how the gut microbiome «interacts with
foods to produce health conditions» is considered a new and dynamic area for further research by individuals on all sides of the red meat - colon cancer
debate.10 For example, researchers at Harvard Medical
School are studying fecal samples to assess the impact of red meat intake on gut microbes and their byproducts, which the researchers speculate may influence «biological pathways associated with colorectal cancer and other digestive diseases.»
This group, to which I belonged as well, met twice a year for some 15 years — discussing,
debating, developing projects, writing books and articles, crafting policy proposals, consuming lots of wine and
food, and doing our best to shape the trajectory of American
school reform.
But people on both sides of the
debate are far more interested in the noise — and apparently for Judith too, the Jell - O in the sparkling sunlight of the junior high
school cafeteria
food fight is what is catching her eye.
The problem with this discussion, as with so many discussions in the climate
debate jr. high
school cafeteria
food fight, is that many involved have twisted the arguments away from a matter of philosophy to a matter of furthering partisan agendas.