Students Get Attention With Plans for a School Lunch Boycott
By Patricia Mulvey — Last month, the Capitol Times in Wisconsin ran a story titled “Parents wonder whether Madison's school lunches are healthy for kids.” But the fourth graders at the Nuestro Mundo Charter school had already formed an opinion about that. Their answer: NO! These fourth graders were “grossed out” by experiments like ...
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April 27, 2009
Beyond the Food Challenges: Part 3 in the Berkeley Series
By Ann Cooper — Revamping the menu isn’t the only step to creating a successful school meal program. In Berkeley, we also addressed our facilities, our funding, our human resources and our marketing efforts. Facilities: I found that Berkeley’s kitchen facilities, like those of most public school districts, were in a state of ...
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March 10, 2009
My Journey in School Food, Part 1
By Ann Cooper — Not a day goes by without the media addressing America’s growing obesity crisis, and lately the discussion has settled on our children. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has reported that if American children don’t get their weight in check, their anticipated health problems will significantly shorten ...
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March 3, 2009
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