Not exact matches
We produce and
sell certified organic flour because we believe that our ultimate customer, the bread eater, expects and deserves the safest and most
healthful food possible, as well as an opportunity to choose an agriculture that fosters human and natural communities.
It's all so perfect — fresh,
healthful food for the same cost as processed junk — that it makes a public school parent like me want to cry out, «OK, Jamie, I'm
sold!
HUMAN Healthy Vending is working with schools across the nation to ensure competitive
foods sold are 100 %
healthful.
School lunch experts emphasize that
healthful options are a lot easier to
sell when the
food actually tastes good.
Specifically, the SNA is asking to: keep the level of whole grains in the total number of grain
foods served at 25 %; avoid further reductions in sodium; eliminate the requirement that kids take fruit or a vegetable with their meal (returning to the old system in which kids could — and often did — pass up those
healthful foods); and allow schools to
sell on a daily basis a la carte items like pizza and fries, as opposed to the current plan which would allow these items to be
sold only on the same day they appeared on the main lunch line.
Donze Black explained the project's role of providing nonpartisan analysis and evidence - based recommendations to make sure that all
foods and beverages
sold in U.S. schools are safe and
healthful.
HUMAN Healthy Vending's expansion has been bolstered by the increasing demand for
healthful products in the school setting, especially with the USDA's recently - launched rules governing competitive
foods called, «Smart Snacks In School,» which will affect what schools across the country may
sell in their vending machines, student stores and a la carte lines.
Doing your homework on which farms
sell year - round in your area and where to shop for their products will allow you to benefit from all the
healthful aspects of local
food all year long.
«Among the obstacles: budgeting for the higher costs of purchasing and preparing more
healthful foods; coaxing children to accept the more
healthful options; and addressing the multitude of ways that unhealthful
foods and drinks are
sold or served outside of school meals, from classroom birthday parties to school - wide bake sales and sporting events,» the report says.
In fact, one of the main findings was that «students will buy and consume
healthful foods and beverages — and schools can make money from
selling healthful options.»