Sentences with phrase «school food trays»

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I started The Lunch Tray back in May, 2010, shortly after I became involved in school food reform in Houston ISD.

By: Bettina Elias SiegelMSNBC has a story up today about a practice that's old news for school food services directors, but may not be widely known by TLT (The Lunch Tray) readers — i.e., quietly giving «alternative» meals to students who come through the lunch line without the ability to... Read more

We somehow «met» through The Lunch Tray and I was taken not only with Justin's passionate commitment to providing school kids with healthy, delicious and sustainable meals, but also with his nuanced and clear - headed thinking about school food issues.

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-LSB-...] few weeks ago I ended my post, «Confessions of a Sideline - Sitter,» by urging Lunch Tray readers to get actively involved in improving school food (as well as food -LSB-...]

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So when Poppendieck herself came by The Lunch Tray yesterday and took me to task for some things I've recently written about the School Nutrition Association (SNA), the nation's leading organization of school food professionals, you can imagine how hard that criticism hitSchool Nutrition Association (SNA), the nation's leading organization of school food professionals, you can imagine how hard that criticism hitschool food professionals, you can imagine how hard that criticism hit home.

So if something is bugging you about kids and food — whether it's the unnecessary «refueling» with Oreos at the 10 am soccer match, the prevalence of highly processed food on your child's lunch tray, or the Sunday school teacher who hands out candy for good behavior — speak up and get involved.

I think it is important to point out that this isn't just an issue for middle class families who care deeply about their child's diet and are able to provide abundant healthy food choices but school menus have great impact on many, many poor children who, through no fault of their own and often with no agency to change the situation, end up being pawns in the lunch tray wars.

Bettina Siegel blogs about food and food policy related to children over at The Lunch Tray, but you may know her better for her work on «pink slime;» in 2012, she garnered more than 258,000 signatures on a Change.org petition that led the USDA to change its policy on a low - quality ground beef product used in schools.

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.

Bettina Elias Siegel who pens the always thought provoking The Lunch Tray fueled my school food frustrations via this post about the political fighting and blame going on over how and who is going to fix the school lunch programs and more.

Three commentators here on The Lunch Tray felt the caps: made it harder to serve healthy choices like sandwiches and soups; discouraged scratch cooking over the use of processed foods; and gave school food directors an incentive to serve «empty calories.»

While I believe all the issues on The Lunch Tray are worthy of discussion (even if some are a little sillier than others), and even though we've certainly discussed childhood hunger here and will continue to do so, any site claiming to be dedicated to «kids and food, in school and out» really ought to take affirmative steps to help kids with no food at all.

Thanks for coming by The Lunch Tray — I greatly value the input of readers who are school food professionals and can share their real world experiences.

despite all my work at home with my preschool aged sons, they went off to public school and coveted the food their friends had on their tray.

As we've talked about many times on The Lunch Tray, school food reform will only be successful if parents and districts work together collaboratively, each respecting the concerns and expertise of the other.

Last week I announced that I and a team of school lunch reform luminaries — Janet Poppendieck, Mrs. Q, Chef Ann Cooper, Ed Bruske, and Dr. Susan Rubin — are going to band together to answer a Lunch Tray reader's simple yet profound question — how does one parent begin to bring about change in school food?

(FMSC rebates have been discussed several times previously on The Lunch Tray, when I pointed readers to good reporting on the issue by school food blogger Ed -LSB-...]

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.»

I recommend that all Lunch Tray readers check out Better DC School Food — regardless of where you live.

They say changes to the law, renewed every five years, present the best chance to put healthier food than nachos on school lunch trays.

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.

«At the elementary school level we are doing some plate waste study to see what the children actually are eating, and in one school we are trying a nutrition program in grades K through 3 that uses colors to help children add nutritious foods of differrent food groups to their trays.»

School food is so much more than just food on a tray.

On tap for this week's Lunch Buffet: all Jamie, all the time; a dose of reality from a school food reformer; and a word of warning to Lunch Tray readers carrying a few extra pounds — and with plans to emigrate to New Zealand (all one of you.)

Poppendieck (whom I often refer to on this site as my «school lunch guru») was responding to my post «Lessons from a Bowl of Oatmeal» in which I posit that changing lunch menus is only half the battle — if we don't also educate students about new foods and encourage them to taste new items on their lunch tray, all of our best efforts at reform are doomed to fail.

But if districts are able to combine their considerable purchasing power, as is the case with the Urban School Food Alliance (discussed in past TLT posts linked below), we may start to see more «real food» offerings like Back to the Roots cereal on kids» trFood Alliance (discussed in past TLT posts linked below), we may start to see more «real food» offerings like Back to the Roots cereal on kids» trfood» offerings like Back to the Roots cereal on kids» trays.

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Yesterday I announced that I and a team of school lunch reform luminaries — Janet Poppendieck, Mrs. Q, Chef Ann Cooper, Ed Bruske, and Dr. Susan Rubin — are going to band together to answer a Lunch Tray reader's simple yet profound question — how does one parent begin to bring about change in school food?

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Wait... it * isn't * a good idea for school meals to require that food go on the tray that the student's don't want?

Since then, I've expanded my school food / food politics reading library and thought it might be nice to swap book ideas with Lunch Tray readers.

A few weeks ago I ended my post, «Confessions of a Sideline - Sitter,» by urging Lunch Tray readers to get actively involved in improving school food (as well as food outside the school setting).

-LSB-...] Siegel who pens the always thought provoking The Lunch Tray fueled my school food frustrations via this post about the political fighting and blame going on over how and who is going to fix the school lunch -LSB-...]

TLT: Is there anything else you'd like to share with Lunch Tray readers about the CNR or school food in particular?

If you were a TLT Facebook fan, you would also have gotten tons of great tips for nutritious - but - not - too - messy car snacks for kids (thanks, readers, for responding), some good school food news out of Minnesota, news about the pending school food regulations, and a cute photo of a TLT reader holding her very own vintage TLT lunch tray, won in a recent giveaway.

-LSB-...] Note: Recently a Lunch Tray reader asked a very basic question — how can one parent begin to change school food?

Lunch Tray readers may have noticed that I've taken a little break over the last two weeks from reporting much on school food and attempts to reform it.

-LSB-...] a Lunch Tray reader asked a very basic question — how can one parent begin to change school food?

He meets with Mike McGalliard of West Adams High (formerly known on The Lunch Tray as «Hipster Charter School Dude») at Dino's revamped fast food restaurant.

San Francisco school food advocate Dana Woldow (who strongly supports the measure) had a nice back and forth with Lunch Tray readers in the comments that came out of the poll.

My nonprofit, Better School Food (www.betterschoolfood.org) is designed to support those who are advocating for a better food environment, so I get emails like the one from this Lunch Tray reader all the tFood (www.betterschoolfood.org) is designed to support those who are advocating for a better food environment, so I get emails like the one from this Lunch Tray reader all the tfood environment, so I get emails like the one from this Lunch Tray reader all the time.

I was thrilled that years of hard work by food advocates around the country, maybe even including my own small efforts here on The Lunch Tray, had finally yielded strong federal competitive food rules to create a healthier school environment for my child and his fellow students.

-LSB-...] The Lunch Tray celebrates the exclusion of Chinese - processed chicken in school food and other child nutrition programs.

I blog over at The Lunch Tray, a daily blog devoted to «kids and food, in school and out.»

Even before I started The Lunch Tray, I'd read in Janet Poppendieck's Free for All: Fixing School Food in America references to data showing that, on average, children who regularly eat the federally subsidized school meal consume a wider variety of nutrients than those who consistently eat a home - packed School Food in America references to data showing that, on average, children who regularly eat the federally subsidized school meal consume a wider variety of nutrients than those who consistently eat a home - packed school meal consume a wider variety of nutrients than those who consistently eat a home - packed lunch.

In yesterday's Lunch Tray post, I explained to readers how chicken processed in China could easily wind up in school meals, despite a Q & A on the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) website which gives a «no «answer in response the... [Continue reading]

On tap for this week's Lunch Buffet: all Jamie, all the time; a dose of reality from a school food reformer; and a word of warning to Lunch Tray readers carrying a few extra pounds — and with plans to emigrate to New Zealand (all one of... [Continue reading]

-LSB-...] While vocal advocates can be powerful (as school food blogger Bettina Elias Siegel recently discussed on The Lunch Tray), you certainly don't have to be an outspoken, fist - waving proponent -LSB-...]