So to answer TLT's question — yes, I think we should start
school food reform with elementary school.
A new paradigm in the fight against childhood obesity and diet - related illnesses, Cook for America ® promotes
school food reform with an emphasis on holistic, systemic change.
Not exact matches
Bettina, to me this is the heart of it: «But when it comes to
school food reform, it often feels that J.O. isn't playing fair with the viewer — and that failing was never more apparent than in this latest episode of Food Revolution.&ra
food reform, it often feels that J.O. isn't playing fair
with the viewer — and that failing was never more apparent than in this latest episode of
Food Revolution.&ra
Food Revolution.»
Like another one of TLT's favorite resources for
school food reform, the website PEACHSF, Lunch Wars provides parents
with step - by - step action plans, as opposed to flighty theories.
But when it comes to
school food reform, it often feels that J.O. isn't playing fair with the viewer — and that failing was never more apparent than in this latest episode of Food Revolut
food reform, it often feels that J.O. isn't playing fair
with the viewer — and that failing was never more apparent than in this latest episode of
Food Revolut
Food Revolution.
But when he gets into the arena of
school food reform (e.g., the whole segment on Carpinteria this episode), I never feel that Jamie is playing fair
with viewers.
We often hear this kind of thinking from people who are new to the
school food reform movement, or from students just starting to get involved
with trying to make changes.
But if Congress increases reimbursement rates without
reforming the use of federal funds in
school food budgets, the end result could be significant costs to taxpayers coupled
with little improvement in the quality of meals served.
My sources for most
food reform issues are, most notably, Free for All: Fixing School Food in America, by Janet Poppendieck, but also countless other books, articles, blog posts, and phone conversations with other school food reformers around the coun
food reform issues are, most notably, Free for All: Fixing
School Food in America, by Janet Poppendieck, but also countless other books, articles, blog posts, and phone conversations with other school food reformers around the co
School Food in America, by Janet Poppendieck, but also countless other books, articles, blog posts, and phone conversations with other school food reformers around the coun
Food in America, by Janet Poppendieck, but also countless other books, articles, blog posts, and phone conversations
with other
school food reformers around the co
school food reformers around the coun
food reformers around the country.
If Republicans, many of whom are allied
with SNA in this effort, win control of the Senate this fall, we may well see decades of work on
school food reform go up in smoke.
Because as my
school food reform colleague Dana Woldow once memorably wrote, cleaned - up junk
food products «are «better for you» only in the sense that it is «better for you» to be hit in the head
with a brick only twice, rather than three times.»
one challenge
school food reform has is that when menu changes (
with healthier ingredients or scratch cooking) participation goes down (kids reject the taste), and that doesn't provide the budget to maintain the changes.
These highly processed
foods — sometimes referred to as «copycat» junk
food by
school food reform advocates — bear all the same logos and brand names as their supermarket counterparts, but are nutritionally tweaked to comply with the USDA's improved school meal standards and / or its new «Smart Snacks in School»
school food reform advocates — bear all the same logos and brand names as their supermarket counterparts, but are nutritionally tweaked to comply
with the USDA's improved
school meal standards and / or its new «Smart Snacks in School»
school meal standards and / or its new «Smart Snacks in
School»
School» rules.
-LSB-...] By the way, did anyone take the time to listen to the interview I did
with Jane Hersey from the Feingold Association on
school food reform a couple weeks ago?
The site is truly comprehensive, not only covering all aspects of
school food reform (including competitive
food) but also related topics such as drafting a solid wellness policy, starting a
school garden, or dealing
with teachers who hand out candy rewards.
And, by the way, later this summer I hope to share
with you some more information on the Rudd Center and the many resources it offers parents in the areas of
school food reform, wellness policies and more.
Kicking off
School -
Food -
Reform - Free Day, reader and friend Leah sends this in: I will start your day of non-
school lunch related fun
with this website of «pancake art» — my favourite is definitely the 3D dinosaur.
In a nation where kids are born
with shorter estimated life expectancies than their parents due to diet - related disease, Chef Ann has been a constant champion of
school food reform as an important avenue through which to improve childhood nutrition.
But at the same time, no one wants to shell out $ 9 on a movie ticket to see Will Ferrell deal
with the real complexities of
school food reform.
-LSB-...] Readers
with a long memory might recall that I interrupted our otherwise sacrosanct «
School Food Reform - Free Day» last fall to tell you about his research.
Your analysis of who goes to most of these restaurants (die hards who are not terribly well informed or treat - seekers) strikes me as dead on, and I also had the thought that if the options aren't ordered enough, the project might be conveniently tabled (as I think often happens in the
school food reform world, too,
with healthier entrees that kids are afraid to try.)
-LSB-...] excellent new
school food reform website, PEACHSF.org, and specifically to her article, «How to Make Friends
with Your Nutrition Services Director,» which is on PEACHSF and also appeared here as a guest blog post.
your mission is documenting HISD's
school food reform journey, helping
school food reform activists
with a road - map to improve
food in their districts, as well as bringing awareness to the issues that surround
school food reform.
So in response to this trend I came up
with the simple concept of interviewing students and recording their suggestions for
school food improvements
with the intention of adding these young stakeholders» unheard voices to the national
school food reform movement.
School food reform is a BIG, multi-faceted issue, and working
with your district to create change can feel like biting off more than...
Lately I feel that I, too, am being painted
with the «naysayer» brush for trying to talk frankly about funding and logistics in the
school food reform arena.
Sarah's book, also titled Fed Up
With Lunch, is as much a personal memoir as it is a book about
school food reform.
I am a former lawyer
with some
food regulatory experience, and after three and a half years of working on
school food reform in Houston ISD, I'm relatively well - versed in how
school food programs operate.
Mara Fleishman is a force to be reckoned
with in the world of
school food reform.
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