As the National
School Lunch Program changes gears to address staggering rates of obesity in addition to hunger, how easy will it be to wean today's kids off of the salty, fatty foods they've learned to love?
-LSB-...] week was awesome, mostly due to the Republican backlash to the National
School Lunch Program changes, which went into effect at the beginning of this -LSB-...]
Here is a great article written by one of my favorite websites, The Lunchbox.org, summarizing these USDA
school lunch program changes.
A year of
school lunch program changes in both America and France.
Here is an article published today in French, detailing
the school lunch program changes.
In France,
the school lunch program changes were implemented quickly and without much publicity.
Not exact matches
The new legislation triggers the most dramatic
change in the
School Breakfast and National
School Lunch programs since they were first enacted.
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changes in Nutrition Standards for the National
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School Lunch & Breakfast
Program, as well as manufacturer product innovations, in order to educate both our
school customers and sales staff on which products will be the best fit for their unique situa
school customers and sales staff on which products will be the best fit for their unique situations.
Yesterday, in the French Journal Official (a listing of all the French laws / citations) a decret was published outlining
changes to the French
school lunch program.
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In America, the main nutritional
changes in the
school lunch program have looked at meal standards to be based on the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
The
change means pizza purveyors such as Pizza Hut and Domino «s could get a slice of the
school lunch program, which served up more than $ 432 million in frozen pizza last year.
You can't just get in good with some head honcho and expect to make major
changes to an establishment like the national
school lunch program or the LAUSD's food
program with the snap of your fingers because you're a celebrity with lots of energy and a go - getter attitude or a hoard of parents behind you with picket signs.
Nothing in any of the worksheets takes into account a possible sudden drop in participation in the
lunch program if students dislike the
changes implemented, a consideration which seems especially timely right now when we're hearing so much negative feedback surrounding the newly improved federal
school meal regulations.
Additionally, some parents, including Sarah Palin, object to mandated nutrition
changes school lunch programs.
But in the process the chefs got a taste of the steep barriers involved in making even small
changes to the National
School Lunch Program.
Despite threats from Capitol Hill to dismantle the federal
school lunch program, there are still bound to be some
changes in the cafeteria when kids go back to
school this fall.
Though USDA officials appear cautious about making any drastic
changes to a
program that provides nourishment for needy children, some legislators are offering a solution — mandating
schools to audit a larger share of the
school lunch applications received each year.
When
school meal
programs are up for funding again in 2015, the SNA will ask Congress to remove a requirement that kids be served fruits or vegetables at
lunch (instead of being allowed to pass them by), a lowering of the law's whole grain requirements, and other
changes which will weaken the HHFKA's nutritional goals.
In what she called the most historic
change in the
school -
lunch system, Haas has been converting a
program in which less than 1 percent of the
lunches were meeting national nutrition guidelines into one in which every
school will meet the requirements by next year.
Schakowsky and Durbin want the USDA, which oversees the nation's
school lunch program, to outline
changes it plans to make to prevent other food poisoning outbreaks.
Do you see positive
changes in your
school's
lunch program?
Parents who don't financially rely on the
school lunch program are waiting for the system to improve before they send their kids in to eat the
lunch, but it's their dollars that would help bring about the very
change they're looking for.
«If we never
changed from what we did in 1946, I don't think you could say too many good things about
school lunch,» said Paula Schmicker, who directs the food service
program for Elgin Area Unit District 46.
Now is the time to act, to make positive
changes to the National
School Lunch Program.
With community support, we eliminated high - fructose drinks from
school vending machines and banned sweets from classroom parties (a hard swallow for those drinking the same sugary punch as Cookie Crusader Sarah Palin);
changed the tuition - based preschool food offerings to allergy - free, healthful choices; successfully lobbied for a salad bar and then taught kids how to use it; enlisted Gourmet Gorilla, a small independent company, to provide affordable, healthy, locally sourced, organic snacks after -
school and boxed
lunches; built a teaching kitchen to house an afterschool cooking
program; and convinced teachers to give - up a union - mandated planning period in order to supervise daily outdoor recess.
The
school lunch program has been
changed drastically over the past 15 years.
How does the parenting public effect
change in the
school lunch program that benefits the health of the students?
You and many other writers (it isn't just you) discuss the various recent
changes within the
school lunch program so negatively.
This fall, the more than 38 million kids who get their
lunches through the National
School Lunch Program are seeing big
changes on their trays.
It's not about
changing the entire National
School Lunch Program at once, it's about changing one school and one district at a time, just as the early proponents of the NSLP did.&
School Lunch Program at once, it's about
changing one
school and one district at a time, just as the early proponents of the NSLP did.&
school and one district at a time, just as the early proponents of the NSLP did.»
... they tell you how other
schools and districts
changed their crappy
lunch programs into nutritious
programs the kids are really into.
In both America and France recent federal
changes in the
school lunch program looks at a similar goal: provide schoolchildren with nutritious meals that they like to eat.
Last year the USDA
changed the guidelines for
school lunch that greatly increased the nutrition levels of students in the National School Lunch Pr
school lunch that greatly increased the nutrition levels of students in the National School Lunch Pro
lunch that greatly increased the nutrition levels of students in the National
School Lunch Pr
School Lunch Pro
Lunch Program.
Domino's, Schwan's and General Mills all increased their K - 12 food service sales last year even through more than a million students have dropped out of the National
School Lunch Program since nutrition
changes kicked in.
Security and theft are big issues, and the dining room is just a big, scary place... If I could hope for one
change it would be for smaller
schools... it is just one solution for a system that needs a lot of solutions and a lot of
change... longer
lunch periods, teachers willing to eat with the students, nutrition education, getting rid of the soda and snack vending machines that fund the sports
programs, and more money and support for
school food service
programs...
In
Lunch Line, a soon - to - be released documentary about the history of school lunch that premiered in Washington this week, we heard a lot of optimism about the future of the program, and the need to make changes soon, even if they're not per
Lunch Line, a soon - to - be released documentary about the history of
school lunch that premiered in Washington this week, we heard a lot of optimism about the future of the program, and the need to make changes soon, even if they're not per
lunch that premiered in Washington this week, we heard a lot of optimism about the future of the
program, and the need to make
changes soon, even if they're not perfect.
As long as we are creating wish lists of
changes for
school meal
programs, how about extending the
lunch period so that kids actually have time to eat their meal after waiting in what can feel like an endless line to get it?
The Rethinking
School Lunch Guide provides ideas and strategies for changing your school meal programs, promoting health, and increasing ecological understa
School Lunch Guide provides ideas and strategies for
changing your
school meal programs, promoting health, and increasing ecological understa
school meal
programs, promoting health, and increasing ecological understanding.
This investment will allow us to improve the quality of our
School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, increase the number of kids participating, and ensure that schools have the resources they need to make program changes, including training for school food service workers, upgraded kitchen equipment, and additional funding for meal reimbursements for schools that are enhancing nutrition and qu
School Lunch and
School Breakfast Programs, increase the number of kids participating, and ensure that schools have the resources they need to make program changes, including training for school food service workers, upgraded kitchen equipment, and additional funding for meal reimbursements for schools that are enhancing nutrition and qu
School Breakfast
Programs, increase the number of kids participating, and ensure that
schools have the resources they need to make
program changes, including training for
school food service workers, upgraded kitchen equipment, and additional funding for meal reimbursements for schools that are enhancing nutrition and qu
school food service workers, upgraded kitchen equipment, and additional funding for meal reimbursements for
schools that are enhancing nutrition and quality.
These
changes not only affected
school breakfast and
lunch, but also the snack
programs for the after -
school activities that provide enrichment and educational activities.
The Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010 introduced big
changes to
school nutrition standards (which govern
school lunch and breakfast
programs that receive federal government funding).
Proposed
changes to the National
School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program have prompted the Idaho Potato Commission to raise some concerns of their own regarding the suggestion to limit potato servings in school
School Lunch Program (NSLP) and
School Breakfast Program have prompted the Idaho Potato Commission to raise some concerns of their own regarding the suggestion to limit potato servings in school
School Breakfast
Program have prompted the Idaho Potato Commission to raise some concerns of their own regarding the suggestion to limit potato servings in
school school meals.
During one of my last articles, I discussed two celebrities that are helping to make
changes to the
school lunch program... Jamie Oliver and Chef Ann Cooper.
Students using the free and reduced - price
lunch program % % Percent
change Applicants Fall Spring Fall 2008 to Fall
School district 2008 2009 Spring 2009 2009 Barrington Community 220 1,236 1,440 16.5 % 1,565 (Mundelein) Diamond Lake 76 509 514 1.0 % 550 Elmhurst Community 205 581 638 9.8 % 665 Elgin School U-46 17,721 19,693 11.1 % 21,016 Glenview 34 687 719 4.5 % 812 Lemont Township High School 210 57 58 1.8 % 67 Mundelein High School 120 545 545 No change 605 Naperville Community 203 1,199 1,459 21.7 % 1,770 (Highland Park) North Shore 112 1,027 1,100 7.1 % 973 Plainfield Community 202 3,228 3,464 7.3 % 3,631 (Frankfort) Summit Hill School District 161 162 215 32.7 % 242 (Arlington Heights) Township High school 214 2,077 1,851 -10.9 % 2,767 (Palatine) Township High School 211 2,369 2,490 5.1 % 2,822 (Gurnee) Warren Township High School 121 650 654 0.60 % 758 West Aurora 129 5,585 6,251 11.90 % 6,862 (Romeoville) Valley View 365 8,445 8,291 -1.80 % 9,326 % % * Preliminary numbers of approved applica
School district 2008 2009 Spring 2009 2009 Barrington Community 220 1,236 1,440 16.5 % 1,565 (Mundelein) Diamond Lake 76 509 514 1.0 % 550 Elmhurst Community 205 581 638 9.8 % 665 Elgin
School U-46 17,721 19,693 11.1 % 21,016 Glenview 34 687 719 4.5 % 812 Lemont Township High School 210 57 58 1.8 % 67 Mundelein High School 120 545 545 No change 605 Naperville Community 203 1,199 1,459 21.7 % 1,770 (Highland Park) North Shore 112 1,027 1,100 7.1 % 973 Plainfield Community 202 3,228 3,464 7.3 % 3,631 (Frankfort) Summit Hill School District 161 162 215 32.7 % 242 (Arlington Heights) Township High school 214 2,077 1,851 -10.9 % 2,767 (Palatine) Township High School 211 2,369 2,490 5.1 % 2,822 (Gurnee) Warren Township High School 121 650 654 0.60 % 758 West Aurora 129 5,585 6,251 11.90 % 6,862 (Romeoville) Valley View 365 8,445 8,291 -1.80 % 9,326 % % * Preliminary numbers of approved applica
School U-46 17,721 19,693 11.1 % 21,016 Glenview 34 687 719 4.5 % 812 Lemont Township High
School 210 57 58 1.8 % 67 Mundelein High School 120 545 545 No change 605 Naperville Community 203 1,199 1,459 21.7 % 1,770 (Highland Park) North Shore 112 1,027 1,100 7.1 % 973 Plainfield Community 202 3,228 3,464 7.3 % 3,631 (Frankfort) Summit Hill School District 161 162 215 32.7 % 242 (Arlington Heights) Township High school 214 2,077 1,851 -10.9 % 2,767 (Palatine) Township High School 211 2,369 2,490 5.1 % 2,822 (Gurnee) Warren Township High School 121 650 654 0.60 % 758 West Aurora 129 5,585 6,251 11.90 % 6,862 (Romeoville) Valley View 365 8,445 8,291 -1.80 % 9,326 % % * Preliminary numbers of approved applica
School 210 57 58 1.8 % 67 Mundelein High
School 120 545 545 No change 605 Naperville Community 203 1,199 1,459 21.7 % 1,770 (Highland Park) North Shore 112 1,027 1,100 7.1 % 973 Plainfield Community 202 3,228 3,464 7.3 % 3,631 (Frankfort) Summit Hill School District 161 162 215 32.7 % 242 (Arlington Heights) Township High school 214 2,077 1,851 -10.9 % 2,767 (Palatine) Township High School 211 2,369 2,490 5.1 % 2,822 (Gurnee) Warren Township High School 121 650 654 0.60 % 758 West Aurora 129 5,585 6,251 11.90 % 6,862 (Romeoville) Valley View 365 8,445 8,291 -1.80 % 9,326 % % * Preliminary numbers of approved applica
School 120 545 545 No
change 605 Naperville Community 203 1,199 1,459 21.7 % 1,770 (Highland Park) North Shore 112 1,027 1,100 7.1 % 973 Plainfield Community 202 3,228 3,464 7.3 % 3,631 (Frankfort) Summit Hill
School District 161 162 215 32.7 % 242 (Arlington Heights) Township High school 214 2,077 1,851 -10.9 % 2,767 (Palatine) Township High School 211 2,369 2,490 5.1 % 2,822 (Gurnee) Warren Township High School 121 650 654 0.60 % 758 West Aurora 129 5,585 6,251 11.90 % 6,862 (Romeoville) Valley View 365 8,445 8,291 -1.80 % 9,326 % % * Preliminary numbers of approved applica
School District 161 162 215 32.7 % 242 (Arlington Heights) Township High
school 214 2,077 1,851 -10.9 % 2,767 (Palatine) Township High School 211 2,369 2,490 5.1 % 2,822 (Gurnee) Warren Township High School 121 650 654 0.60 % 758 West Aurora 129 5,585 6,251 11.90 % 6,862 (Romeoville) Valley View 365 8,445 8,291 -1.80 % 9,326 % % * Preliminary numbers of approved applica
school 214 2,077 1,851 -10.9 % 2,767 (Palatine) Township High
School 211 2,369 2,490 5.1 % 2,822 (Gurnee) Warren Township High School 121 650 654 0.60 % 758 West Aurora 129 5,585 6,251 11.90 % 6,862 (Romeoville) Valley View 365 8,445 8,291 -1.80 % 9,326 % % * Preliminary numbers of approved applica
School 211 2,369 2,490 5.1 % 2,822 (Gurnee) Warren Township High
School 121 650 654 0.60 % 758 West Aurora 129 5,585 6,251 11.90 % 6,862 (Romeoville) Valley View 365 8,445 8,291 -1.80 % 9,326 % % * Preliminary numbers of approved applica
School 121 650 654 0.60 % 758 West Aurora 129 5,585 6,251 11.90 % 6,862 (Romeoville) Valley View 365 8,445 8,291 -1.80 % 9,326 % % * Preliminary numbers of approved applications.
His
program at Holy Trinity is telling us some important things about kids and
school food — namely, that food doesn't need to be «dumbed down» for kids to accept it; that kids implicitly understand when deep care is being put into the preparation of their food and they respond with equal respect; and that improving
school food can
change kids» attitudes about food outside the
school yard gates, as was the case with the student quoted by Chef Boundas who cut back on fast food now that he's eating healthful foods at
lunch and learning about nutrition and cooking in Chef Boundas's kitchen.
So I'm waiting, this time on people to call me about
school lunch programs and
changes the Obama administration plans to make to them.
At a 2012 SNA meeting, a Schwan executive and other industry advocates pushed for the group's leadership to be more aggressive in asking for
changes in the
school lunch program, according to a person who witnessed the exchange but requested anonymity because he was not authorized to talk about it.
Controversial federal legislation to limit funding for subsidized
school lunches and
change some of the
program's nutritional standards passed a House committee on a 20 - 14 vote May 18, and the proposal is being hammered by critics who believe it would endanger the health of American
school children.
Efforts to improve the nutrition of young people and end childhood obesity, from
changes to
school lunch programs to
school garden initiatives;