Sentences with phrase «school food interesting»

There are many ways to make the issue of school food interesting and inspiring.

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Students who participate in school garden projects discover fresh food, and teachers report that students become increasingly interested in eating what they grow.

Australia About Blog As I have a child with Coeliac (Celiac) Disease, my interest is gluten - free food for kids, particularly for the school lunchbox.

I am in nursing school currently, and interested in healthy vegetarian / vegan food and being active.

The new report shows that a food hub / packinghouse — which would enable area farmers to aggregate their produce, and provide storage, packing and distribution, limited processing, and private labeling for interested large volume buyers in the Midwest, including distributors, grocery stores, hospitals, hotels and schools and other institutional buyers — would create new jobs, and new revenue for up to 50 family farm businesses in Wisconsin.

ProStart is a national career - building and job placement program for high school students interested in pursuing careers in the culinary arts and food service management

I learned a little bit about raw foods in 2009 while I was attending the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, and it was interesting enough that I signed up for a raw «cooking» class at the local adult school.

Ok, first off I'd like to say I'm relatively new to this entire topic of food reform and particularly school food reform — but since one of the things everyone seems to be trying to do is to attract / educate / interest more and more folks, maybe my newbie perspective could be important.

-LSB-...] And finally, I wanted to share this interesting perspective from Justin Gagnon, CEO of ChoiceLunch (a school food provider in California) and also a parent and sometime TLT contributor: -LSB-...]

say they're interested, but also concerned that the district and state may stand in their way, and they estimate the cost of a school providing its own food at $ 800,000 a year.

The food pyramid was designed with a lot of input from special interest groups, such as the beef industry that did not want its products removed from the school lunches.

This year was unique for me because I spent some time on the exhibit floor and many of the equipment and food companies were well educated on the movement to BIC and were interested in getting to know ways they can support schools.

But I think this may be one rare case in which the interests of Big Ag and the needs of school food professionals (and, by extension, the kids they serve) actually align.

If the economics were the issue, the real «green» lunch would be the school lunch — it's cheap, it uses a central infrastructure (dishes / trays etc. at the school), and with pressure from parents and other interested parties, can be made from healthy, local and organic foods.

Anyone interested or involved in the school food sector can visit www.schoolfoodplan.com for detailed support and examples of what works well, while we would urge everyone to read the School Food Plan to learn about the full range of actions undschool food sector can visit www.schoolfoodplan.com for detailed support and examples of what works well, while we would urge everyone to read the School Food Plan to learn about the full range of actions underfood sector can visit www.schoolfoodplan.com for detailed support and examples of what works well, while we would urge everyone to read the School Food Plan to learn about the full range of actions undSchool Food Plan to learn about the full range of actions underFood Plan to learn about the full range of actions underway.

The school district will engage a committee composed of students, parents, teachers, (including teachers of physical education), administrators, food service professionals, health professionals, and other interested community members in developing, implementing, monitoring and reviewing district - wide nutrition and physical activity goals.

As a school food service worker, it is interesting to see the thought process for meals created at home — and how much of an impact the short meal times have on everyone.

I encourage you to read the post, but also take a look at the comments section, where an interesting conversation is taking place about the possible unintended consequences of shifting subsidies around, and also some practical input from me and fellow school food blogger Ed Bruske about the critical difference between serving produce in school cafeterias and getting kids to actually eat it.

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.

San Francisco school food reformer Dana Woldow has published an excellent piece today that should be required reading for anyone interested in improving school food.

The blog is most definitely a proponent of healthful eating, but its broader mission is covering anything of interest to me relating to «kids and food, in school and out.»

And Ed Bruske of Better DC School Food has an interesting report on chocolate milk in schools.

Under her tenure, the Nutrition Committee in San Francisco USD made huge strides in improving the food on school campuses, and well ahead of national interest in this area.

«This year we'd like to see ten - thousand schools put fruit in nice bowls and add descriptive labels for healthy foods,» says Wansink, who in the short time since he got started has already had more than 1,400 American schools express interest in the program.

In early 2010, Siegel became interested in improving the food in her children's school district, Houston ISD, and soon after launched The Lunch Tray, a blog focusing on «kids and food, in school and out.»

Kate: I agree there's an age at which we can expect kids to exercise their own judgment, bolstered by messages at home, though I still object at any grade level to the infiltration in schools of Big Food corporate interests, the sale of junk by the school itself, etc..

Michael Pollan recently shared an interesting post from the Environmental Working Group («Healthy School Food: Pay Now, Save Later») which advocates a redistribution of farm subsidies to support more fruits and vegetables in school cafetSchool Food: Pay Now, Save Later») which advocates a redistribution of farm subsidies to support more fruits and vegetables in school cafetschool cafeterias.

Janis Groomes, food service director at Northport Public Schools, knows the power of school gardens to get kids interested in eating fruits and vegetables, even ones that are unusual...

My weekly blog posts on French Kids School Lunch Project have attracted a lot of interest: each week I post a menu from a different school in France, and discuss the French approach to food education at home and at sSchool Lunch Project have attracted a lot of interest: each week I post a menu from a different school in France, and discuss the French approach to food education at home and at sschool in France, and discuss the French approach to food education at home and at schoolschool.

Having worked in the sustainable food arena for 15 years, I've watched national interest in local food grow, U. S. Department of Agriculture organics regulations pass, and healthier school food standards enacted.

If you're interested in bringing better food into your school, HERE»S another company doing a great job of it too.

Watching scientifically - supported (and desperately needed) nutritional improvements to school food get watered down by powerful corporate interests shouldn't be surprising, but it's still stomach - turning.

I received invaluable assistance from the Center for Science in the Public Interest in getting the letter circulated, and it has now been signed by 29 organizations and individuals, including: CSPI; the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity; the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation; the Environmental Working Group; Healthy, Child, Healthy World; The Healthy Schools Campaign; Chef Ann Cooper; Dr. Yoni Freedhoff and many more.

Another notable feature in both the proposed and final rules — one likely to be of special interest to elementary school parents — is a requirement that wellness policies set nutritional standards for foods and beverages that aren't sold but instead made available to children at school, such as offerings at classroom parties or treats given out by teachers as a reward.

I won't presume to be as up - to - speed on this as many of my compatriots are, and instead recommend the following excellent post from The Lunch Tray to those who are interested in finding out more: The Day After: Reflections on the New School Food Law.

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But my interest in school food has to do with much more than waistlines.

I've been following with interest a conversation on this blog's Facebook page among school food professionals discussing how they handle unpaid meal balances.

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.

But I am even more interested in showing schools how they can save enormous amounts of money by making some changes in their food.

More pragmatically, though, one of my core interests as a writer and advocate is school food reform, and I personally believe GMO has no place in that conversation at this juncture.

Politico «s Morning Agriculture tip sheet further reports that the SNA has been making a concerted effort to get Ivanka Trump interested in the issue of school food, including sending a series of tweets to the first daughter.

Dana Woldow of PEACHSF had an interesting piece in Beyond Chron last week about reactions in San Francisco to pink slime in school food.

Or maybe the businesses that control most news media have owners / shareholders in common with industrial food and school lunch businesses like Sysco and Chartwells, so they have a vested interest in slanting the story in that direction.

I recently read with interest that Real Food for Kids — Montgomery (RFKM), a parent group in the Montgomery County (MD) Public School system, has persuaded the district to eliminate Baked Doritos and Baked Cheetos from items sold to students a la carte.

The following two provisions would effectively prevent co-marketing of junk food in schools via copycat snacks: 210.30 (b)(1) Food and Beverage Marketing and Advertising: Food and Beverage Marketing and Advertising means an oral, written, or graphic statement or representation, including a company logo or trademark, made for the purpose of promoting the use or sale of a product by the producer, manufacturer, distributer, seller, or any other entity with a commercial interest in the prodfood in schools via copycat snacks: 210.30 (b)(1) Food and Beverage Marketing and Advertising: Food and Beverage Marketing and Advertising means an oral, written, or graphic statement or representation, including a company logo or trademark, made for the purpose of promoting the use or sale of a product by the producer, manufacturer, distributer, seller, or any other entity with a commercial interest in the prodFood and Beverage Marketing and Advertising: Food and Beverage Marketing and Advertising means an oral, written, or graphic statement or representation, including a company logo or trademark, made for the purpose of promoting the use or sale of a product by the producer, manufacturer, distributer, seller, or any other entity with a commercial interest in the prodFood and Beverage Marketing and Advertising means an oral, written, or graphic statement or representation, including a company logo or trademark, made for the purpose of promoting the use or sale of a product by the producer, manufacturer, distributer, seller, or any other entity with a commercial interest in the product.

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The DC school district's position directly pits Chartwell's business interests against the rights of DC parents to know if (a) their school district is being unlawfully denied funds to which it is entitled and (b) if huge food manufacturers are wielding undue influence over the FSMC, resulting in that much more processed, sugary foods on school lunch trays.

By now you've probably attended more than your share of classroom open houses and «back to school nights» but here's one more that might be of interest, especially if you have questions about this fall's new school food regulations and how they might... [Continue reading]

School food advocate Dana Woldow and a reader named Victoria Chandler had an interesting back and forth over the proper role of government in regulating food marketing to children.