Sentences with phrase «school food nutrition»

We've got plenty of challenges ahead, with the farm bill up for renewal and more school food nutrition standards to fight for, just for starters.

It was the most progressive school food nutrition legislation we've seen, and getting it through congress took dedication, patience, persistence, and collaboration.

But it's also possible that the White House is caving altogether, passively accepting the gutting of improved school food nutrition standards by corporations with a vested interest in maintaining the status quo.

By Laura PeuquetWhile the health of America's youth has been part of political and public conversations for some time, the Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) brought school food nutrition to the national forefront and paved the way for significant progress towards better school food.

Late yesterday, I received an email from a school nutrition director who chastised me for being divisive and unfair in recent posts regarding the battle over school food nutrition standards.

With Politico recently reporting that House members now feel only more emboldened in this quest after the November election, I just can't muster much optimism that the current healthy school food nutrition standards will remain intact.

As I mentioned yesterday, later this morning First Lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Vilsack will announce the USDA's long - awaited, new school food nutrition standards.

It's been a while since I've updated you regarding a push by the School Nutrition Association (SNA) and some Congressional Republicans to weaken school food nutrition standards by granting districts a one - year waiver from meeting those requirements.

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».

Yesterday, newly appointed Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue traveled to an elementary school in Virginia to announce an «easing» of the Obama - era school food nutrition standards pertaining to whole grains, sodium and flavored milk.

After grappling last week with the weighty issue of new USDA school food nutrition standards, let's ease into our Monday with something a little fluffier, shall we?

Fast forward to May 20, when Republicans on the U.S. House Agricultural Committee approved a spending bill with language that would gut the 2010 federal school food nutrition rules.

Today Dana shares her advice on how to make friends with your district's school food nutrition director — a key step in getting any improvements made in your own district.]

The New York Times has an excellent article today describing the stiff opposition of the food industry (along with some Congressional representatives of potato - producing states) against current attempts to improve school food nutrition standards.

While the health of America's youth has been part of political and public conversations for some time, the Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) brought school food nutrition to the national forefront and paved the way for significant progress towards better school food.

Back in January, it looked as though the long - running and contentious fight over school food nutrition standards might finally come to an end.

When I was a coalition leader advocating for a New York state bill that would mandate healthier school food nutrition standards, I came up against the powerful New York chapter of the School Nutrition Association (SNA).

You may remember that last October, I wrote a post critical of Houston ISD (HISD) for intentionally omitting sugar grams from its school food nutrition information («Is My District Trying to Hide the Sugar in its School Meals?

She also addressed the recent weakening of some school food nutrition standards with this memorable quote:

To help with the effort and in conjunction with Michelle Obama's anti-obesity initiative, the USDA recently announced the HealthierUS School Challenge, which offers financial rewards to schools that meet the standards of its four - tiered program to improve school food nutrition, recess time, physical education and nutrition education.