Sentences with phrase «school food message»

Last year the campaign drew over 23 million impressions, attracting chefs, celebrities, good food advocates and parents from all over the country to share the real school food message.

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Equally vital is the message we give them about where our food comes from, concepts of animal welfare, sustainability, healthy eating and environmental responsibility — and where better to learn this than at school?

Should we continue to force foods to be served and hope that the students will eat them or do we first educate and then, hopefully — if that education is enough to overcome the advertising and all other messages they see outside of school — the students will eat what they know is best when it is offered?

That was the message of a Monday news conference from freshly minted Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, who tore into a strawberry cupcake for emphasis as he reminded parents that since the summer, the state's school nutrition policy no longer prohibits them from bringing cupcakes and other types of foods to school to celebrate a student's birthday or a school event.

Whether they are highlighting expanded universal breakfast - in - the - classroom, farm - to - schools, or chefs - to - schools, we are excited to see our message of healthy school food spreading across the country!

The interactive resource summarises the «top line messages» which explain why a good school food culture is so important.

Hey Bettina: I meant to send you a message for a long time — I wanted to let you know that we formed a group of parents to control the unhealthy food given to students for celebrations, fundraisers and rewards at our school.

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..

Yet SNA's «urgent message» was clearly designed to make any school food director think long and hard about adding his or her name to this letter.

Ironically enough, in an «urgent message» SNA sent to its 55,000 members this week to discourage them from signing an open letter supporting healthier meal standards, the organization reassured school food professionals that it welcomes their «thoughts and concerns.»

Gee, let's see, we now have a $ 15 billion food and beverage industry directly marketing to kids that's undermining our parenting efforts... pummeling junk food messaging incessantly (like PopTarts and Pizza Pockets being hawked at school lunch concession stands STILL even though many thought that was long gone, sigh).

The message of this great resource for schools, cooks and caterers has been spread through the UIFSM Roadshows, twitter and other effective means of communications to enable schools to have access to inspirational, practical examples of implementing UIFSM, improving the dining experience and many other aspects of school food.

So even if consumption of the food itself is not resulting in a shift in obesity measures, the food is still sending kids a daily message about what constitutes sound eating (though schools often bungle that message, as when HISD serves pepperoni pizza and mashed potatoes at the same lunch).

The partner agencies on this project — Washington State Department of Agriculture, Washington State Department of Health, the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Washington State University School of Food Science — came together to develop «SAFE Salad Bars in Schools - A Guide for School Food Service» in order to consolidate messages and present clear guidance to school district staff and decision makers, using state - level knowledge and expertise and consulting national soSchool of Food Science — came together to develop «SAFE Salad Bars in Schools - A Guide for School Food Service» in order to consolidate messages and present clear guidance to school district staff and decision makers, using state - level knowledge and expertise and consulting national soSchool Food Service» in order to consolidate messages and present clear guidance to school district staff and decision makers, using state - level knowledge and expertise and consulting national soschool district staff and decision makers, using state - level knowledge and expertise and consulting national sources.

I received a Facebook message earlier today from someone at NBC wanting to chat about school food.

But I love her overarching message (as you seem to, also) that we must set a reasonably high standard for school food and let kids learn to meet it, instead of assuming they'll only eat junk food so there's no point in even trying to improve school food.

In truth, what I'm most worried about is not deep fryers, since schools may not want to invest in equipment they only just got rid of a few years ago, but instead the clear message coming from the TDA, through Mr. Miller's public statements, that junk food is not a big deal.

But when I asked this question yesterday at our Food Services Parent Advisory Committee meeting, I learned that not only does stigma remain a real issue at some schools, there's now a troubling, modern - day twist on the problem: on some campuses, hapless kids standing in the federally reimbursable meal line are having their pictures taken by other students» cell phones, with the photos then uploaded to Facebook and / or texted around the school along with disparaging messages about the child's economic status.

What I've learned over a period of months photographing school meals, blogging about them and traveling around the country investigating the school meals program is that while the movement for healthier school food has clearly identified where cafeteria meals go wrong, it has failed to articulate a clear message about what a healthy school meal should look like and how it's to be paid for.

So while we're working to restrain harmful messages from corporate America, we also need a complimentary, wholesale effort to provide every school child in America with a basic course in food literacy.

Robert Smith, a vice president of food service at Pilgrim's Pride Corp., which produces school lunch foods, said his industry receives mixed messages from the community, which demands low - fat products but fails to buy large quantities of them.

And I felt this despite the fact that these foods are often nutritionally improved at school (whole grain pizza crust, turkey pepperoni, etc.) for precisely the reason you cite — we're teaching kids all the wrong messages.

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This connection between taste education week and school lunch meals can carry positive messages on food education, taste and healthy eating.

Because she's absolutely right that in a very real sense, school food is competing against relentlessly advertised junk food, and it just doesn't stand a chance without a lot of powerful messaging behind it.

However, stories like this one just add fuel to the «large school districts are just inefficient in the way they spend their money» fire, and weakens what should be the unified message of school food reformers — «it just costs more to do it right.»

From the birthdays of every kid in their class at school, to Valentine's Day, Halloween, Easter, etc., there are more than enough opportunities for kids to get the message that fun and celebration = unhealthy tasty sweet foods.

How at school the children hear about the food pyramid and how confusing the mixed messages can be

And what children learn about food and eating at school, they transmit home: children can influence their parents» behaviour and environment, reinforcing those healthier messages in their life away from school.

That may explain why «because it's nutritious» was nowhere found among the successful marketing messages used by Blatt's fellow panelists: Jeanne Sheridan, school nutrition director for the Blackville Millville (Massachusetts) Regional School District; Adriene Worthington, senior nutrition manager for the Greater Boston Food Bank; and Alex Freedman, a Massachusetts FoodCorps fschool nutrition director for the Blackville Millville (Massachusetts) Regional School District; Adriene Worthington, senior nutrition manager for the Greater Boston Food Bank; and Alex Freedman, a Massachusetts FoodCorps fSchool District; Adriene Worthington, senior nutrition manager for the Greater Boston Food Bank; and Alex Freedman, a Massachusetts FoodCorps fellow.

As she plans the new season's Peer -2-Peer strategy with Crew and Fortier, she says the message she wants to convey to her fellow high schoolers is simple: «Junk food is not food.