Assistance will be provided on a variety of topics, including how to find farmers, working
with school food service directors, and creating a town hall meeting.
I've often thought about competing
with school food in exactly the same way so as to force them to improve.
A lot of positive things are indeed
happening with school food, and I think the federal rules regarding competitive foods are a much needed change.
This book is a must read for anyone who works
with school food as well as parents who care what their kids eat in school.
It gives you direct access to teachers, other parents, and other students, and from them you get to hear a wide cross section of opinions about and
experiences with school food.
As a result, NCTL, in conjunction
with the School Food Plan, have successfully launched a suite of materials to support the training of head - teachers in the importance of good food, health and well - being.
Normally I'd hesitate to even bring this up, as it might be seen as straying into ad hominem territory, but Christie himself once linked his weight
problems with school food reform.
Mrs. Q did not set out to be an activist, but her book is a compelling case study of what's
wrong with our school food system and what all of us need to do to fix it.
But most importantly, I think, reading Free for All instilled in me from day one a profound sense of empathy for school food professionals, empathy which has only increased as I've formed relationships within my own district's Nutrition Services department and virtual relationships via this
blog with school food workers around the country.
Through a series of serendipitous events during my graduate studies I had the opportunity to become involved
with school food reform and was immediately attracted to the field.
As a result, NCTL, in
conjunction with the School Food Plan, have successfully launched a suite of materials to support the training of head - teachers in the importance of good food, health and well - being.
Remember when I told you about Martha Payne, the nine - year - old Scottish girl who caused a media
sensation with her school food blog, Never Seconds?
He was so inspired that he began
interning with The School Food Project in Boulder, CO in 2009, and then going as far as to become a lunch lady with the district in the Fall of 2010.
Why isn't Jamie Oliver connecting the dots for his viewers so that they can see where the real problem
lies with school food — not with the schools themselves, but with the major players who control the system?
Anna, just FYI (and not to bore other TLT readers who have heard me say this before) but in my school district we have made great
progress with our school food.
The SNA, inexplicably, chose the most aggressive, divisive course of action — lobbying sympathetic Congressional members to gut the school nutrition standards while ditching its former
partnerships with school food advocates, the White House and the USDA.
When precise nutritional or allergen information is important to you due to a diet restriction, an allergy, or a medical condition, the information in this web application isn't a substitute for discussing your
situation with your school food service director and following their guidance as well as reading any labels, ingredient lists and warnings provided in the cafeteria.
Because I've been at this for 15 years now, I've gotten a chance to see how my work
with school food advocacy impacted my kids in the long run.
-LSB-...] when I told you about Martha Payne, the nine - year - old Scottish girl who caused a media sensation
with her school food -LSB-...]
On commodities and the use of fresh protein vs. processed, I just posted an encouraging
interview with School Food FOCUS, a group that's helping districts get «naked protein» and the protocols for safe food handling, among other things.
Kate runs
workshops with school food personnel to help them access available funds that can be used to buy kitchen equipment and better foods.
I was traveling to all day yesterday for a media appearance (more on that when I'm allowed to share), which was extremely frustrating because all I wanted to be doing was
speaking with school food sources to get their reaction to USDA's announcement about school choice and pink slime.
However, at a certain point, you are going to have to confront The Beast — the sections of the Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) that
deal with school food.
The New Year often marks the opening of exciting new chapters, and this is certainly the
case with school food.
The Catering Mark has already had a huge impact on school food across the country but it is essential that we build
momentum with school food and reach for the next two million meals.
Ofsted's School Inspection Update, published January 2016, calls for inspectors to be
familiar with The School Food Plan and resources as a means of supporting both the provision of healthy choices in school food and in the delivery of food education.
The most interesting piece was the part with the ground meat and as Dana stated above the missing link was this has NOTHING to
do with school food.
We are really excited to announce that Ofsted will be working
with the School Food Plan team to develop appropriate resources to effectively inspect healthy eating and food in schools.
For example, the Clinton administration's limiting of saturated fat and salt in school food was a fine idea, but it only nibbled at the edges of what was then terribly
wrong with school food.
As we are seeing with the recent anti-Michelle Obama social attack from teens who are
unhappy with their school food, it is clear that we have a long way to go in helping kids understand the benefits of healthy eating.