Sentences with phrase «written about school food»

That scene drew a lot of laughs, but as someone who has written about school food for almost six years, it made me want to scream in frustration.

Just as when I write about school food reform, I welcome comments and guest posts from school food service workers sharing their unique perspective, it's been illuminating to hear from educators about this issue.

When I first started writing about school food (literally, my very first post on TLT!)

Not exact matches

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.

John Vincent writes about his experience of school food in the 70s and 80s and reflects on how much better school food is today: I was at school in the 1970s and 1980s.

John Vincent writes about his experience of school food in the 70s and 80s and reflects on how much better school food is today:

Yesterday I wrote an impassioned post about efforts by House Republicans to gut the funding for several pieces of legislation that I personally value, including the new school food... [Continue reading]

For a long time I've wanted to write on TLT about School Food FOCUS (Food Options for Children in Urban Schools), a national collaborative that brings together the thirty largest school districts in the country to improve schoolSchool Food FOCUS (Food Options for Children in Urban Schools), a national collaborative that brings together the thirty largest school districts in the country to improve school fFood FOCUS (Food Options for Children in Urban Schools), a national collaborative that brings together the thirty largest school districts in the country to improve school fFood Options for Children in Urban Schools), a national collaborative that brings together the thirty largest school districts in the country to improve schoolschool districts in the country to improve schoolschool foodfood.

«Change scares the heck out of people and people are very emotional about food,» wrote long - time school food reformist Nancy Huehnergarth to me in a recent email.

This blog is really important to me — I truly want to help others by writing about my own challenges and successes in transforming my kids» school food environment.

-LSB-...] written in the past about the strides that Houston ISD is making to improve its federally subsidized school food, but -LSB-...]

Janet Poppendieck, my trusted school food guru, writes about this topic in Free For All: Fixing School Food in Amschool food guru, writes about this topic in Free For All: Fixing School Food in Amerfood guru, writes about this topic in Free For All: Fixing School Food in AmSchool Food in AmerFood in America.

Written by the Times's City Critic (aka Ariel Kaminer), it shares some good news about the current state of New York City school food, which began to undergo reform six or seven years ago.

I have spent some time writing about school lunch topics on my blog as well, but have recently been focusing on wider subjects in the sustainable food system as they pertain to government policy and activism.

(I've written about the Brown Bagging Myth on the Better School Food blog) Also check into who might be allies in the school administration iSchool Food blog) Also check into who might be allies in the school administration ischool administration itself.

When I had my op - ed about school food in the Houston Chronicle last summer, many readers wrote in to say, hey, whatever happened to the good, old - fashioned sandwich?

I've written a lot over the years (really, A LOT - see the Related Links below) about junk food in school classrooms, whether distributed by teachers as rewards for good behavior and academic performance or served as part of birthday or classroom... [Continue reading]

Today on Civil Eats I examine the School Nutrition Association «s hiring of «mom bloggers» to write sponsored posts about its recent annual conference — and school food geneSchool Nutrition Association «s hiring of «mom bloggers» to write sponsored posts about its recent annual conference — and school food geneschool food generally.

I also wrote for the Times about: a frozen pizza that sneaks veggies into unsuspecting kids; changes ahead for junk food in school classrooms; why President Trump's eating habits are fair game for commentators; and a groundbreaking New Mexico law banning lunch shaming.

In this article from The Huffington Post, Chef Ann and Sunny Young write about how Boulder Valley School District celebrated Food Revolution Day every day in May.

As I've written about before (most recently in a Houston Chronicle op - ed), here in Houston ISD we have one of the nation's most advanced central kitchens for the preparation of school food: a state - of - the - art, $ 51 million facility that takes up 15 - acres, with 95,000 square feet devoted to baking, «cook / chill» and cold food preparation, as well as football - field - sized freezer and dry storage areas.

On both this blog and The Spork Report, I've written extensively about «competitive foods,» i.e., the food and beverages sold on school campuses in competition with the federal school meal, through outlets like vending machines, snack bars, and cafeteria «a la carte» lines.

A school with outstanding food allergy awareness is willing to 1) provide accommodations in writing for your child for their specific allergies, 2) admit what they don't know and learn, 3) follow a written health care plan (provided by your doctor) that outlines the steps to take if anaphylaxis were to occur, 4) train all necessary staff on the use of epinephrine, 5) have a school nurse in the building at all times, 6) include your child in every activity possible including field trips, 7) educate the community about food allergies, 8) refuse to allow any bullying behavior regarding food allergies, 9) find ways to celebrate without food and 10) stand up to parents (and educate them) who say that food allergies are «hogwash»!

She is an almost - native of Colorado, and continues to speak and advocate for children with food allergies at the state level and in her school district's Food Allergy Task Force, in addition to writing a blog about living with food allergies on AllergicChild.food allergies at the state level and in her school district's Food Allergy Task Force, in addition to writing a blog about living with food allergies on AllergicChild.Food Allergy Task Force, in addition to writing a blog about living with food allergies on AllergicChild.food allergies on AllergicChild.com.

Back in July, 2010, I was about two months into writing The Lunch Tray and had been involved in school food reform activities here in Houston for about five months.

A school with outstanding food allergy awareness is willing to 1) provide accommodations in writing for your child for their specific allergies, 2) admit what they don't know and learn, 3) provide a written health care plan that outlines the steps to take if anaphylaxis were to occur, 4) train all necessary staff on the use of epinephrine, 5) have a school nurse in the building at all times, 6) include your child in every activity possible including field trips, 7) educate the community about food allergies, 8) refuse to allow any bullying behavior regarding food allergies, 9) find ways to celebrate without food and 10) stand up to parents (and educate them) who say that food allergies are «hogwash»!

Even before reading the Times story, my concerns about food allergic kids led, in part, to my writing my Food - in - the - Classroom Manifesto (in which I argue that school classrooms should be food - free), and I certainly support accommodations for food allergies in school cafeterfood allergic kids led, in part, to my writing my Food - in - the - Classroom Manifesto (in which I argue that school classrooms should be food - free), and I certainly support accommodations for food allergies in school cafeterFood - in - the - Classroom Manifesto (in which I argue that school classrooms should be food - free), and I certainly support accommodations for food allergies in school cafeterfood - free), and I certainly support accommodations for food allergies in school cafeterfood allergies in school cafeterias.

Just like me, she's a mom who became interested in school meals (though, unlike me, she's also a trained nutrition expert), she writes a blog about school food, and she even lived in Texas for a time.

 When I had my op - ed about school food in the Houston Chronicle last summer, many readers wrote in to say, hey, whatever happened to the good, -LSB-...]

When I had my op - ed about school food in the Houston Chronicle last summer, many readers wrote in to say, hey, whatever happened to the good, -LSB-...]

While the blog was devoted exclusively to the LFTB issue, San Francisco school food reformer Dana Woldow (creator of the immensely useful school food reform how - to site, PEACHSF.org) wrote two important articles in Beyond Chron about an issue often discussed here on TLT: social stigma in the school cafeteria.

After I wrote a series of articles about the industrially - processed convenience foods being served in my daughter's elementary school here in the District of Columbia I heard that Tony had been reluctant to talk to me because he thought I was putting too much pressure on Whitney Bateson, the nutritionist for Chartwells, the giant food service company contracted to provide meals for D.C. public schools.

A while back I wrote about what seemed like very high sodium levels in the school food served in my district («Like Salt in a Wound: High Levels of Sodium in School Food «school food served in my district («Like Salt in a Wound: High Levels of Sodium in School Food «-Rfood served in my district («Like Salt in a Wound: High Levels of Sodium in School Food «School Food «-RFood «-RRB-.

Yesterday I wrote an impassioned post about efforts by House Republicans to gut the funding for several pieces of legislation that I personally value, including the new school food regulations, the new food safety law and the new voluntary guidelines for marketing junk food to children, along with funding for food assistance programs like WIC.

In an important piece written on today's Beyond Chron, school food reformer Dana Woldow explains why so many of us who care about kids» health feel uneasy about the SNA's true priorities.

Now that my kids are no longer in the public school system, a few people have asked whether I'll continue to write and advocate about school food reform.

Here is a link to a piece I wrote in MrsQ's Fed Up with Lunch blog about the clarification between food service in schools that are self - operated and those with outside for - profit FSMCs http://fedupwithschoollunch.blogspot.com/2010/05/guest-blogger-food-service-management.html

I asked Dana if she had any writing to share with TLT readers, and she submitted this article, in which she daydreams about what school food might look like in a better world.

In a districts which use a central kitchen (like LAUSD and my own HISD), ensuring that food is properly reheated and assembled at hundreds of satellite schools is a real challenge that I've written about before («Many a Slip Twixt Kitchen and School.»)

Written by the Times» City Critic (aka Ariel Kaminer), it shares some good news about the current state of New York City school food, which began to undergo reform six or seven years ago.

It's a mystery why SNS does minimal outreach and makes little effort to engage the community; that's why I started writing about SFUSD school food in 2004.

Reams have been written about the highly processed food sold as lunch in too many public schools.

The rain is still holding off, so, later in the morning, after many of the jobs have been completed, the students create posters for a food event happening at the school in the coming week, and write in their journals about their time at the ranch (today's topic: senses and feelings).

Though I am primarily a food critic, I have written a book about the traditions of American cooking (which included a chapter on school lunches) and can tell you that hot lunches in public schools were originally produced, with a few exceptions, early in the 20th century by local charities because immigrant children were coming to school hungry.

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John Vincent writes about his experience of school food in the 70s and 80s and reflects on how much better school food is today:

I have also seen firsthand how difficult being a child in America can be, and how abstract policies affect my kids in very real, sometimes painful, ways: how food insecurity can drive families to our school's monthly food shelf, how incarceration inequity has many of my students writing personal narratives about visiting fathers and uncles in prison, how immigration laws left one of my students trying to hide his tears over his mother's possible deportation.

English language learners (ELLs) can learn how to write from sources (e.g., two different fire engine books), to conduct and write up research (e.g., stories from their grandparents, a survey of classmates» pets, or school staff members» favorite foods), and to write persuasively about their opinions (e.g., «I think soccer is better than American football because...»).

When I was in college and graduate school, I wrote several short stories about close extended families, always with this central image — the aunts around the dining room table, the uncles gathered around the TV, the quiet emphasis on food and children.