Legislation Update: The Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act
Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark), who is taking over as the chair of the Senate Ag Committee, has just introduced a new child nutrition bill. This one is called the Healthy Food for Healthy Schools Act of 2009, and it's supposed to "improve the purchase and processing of healthful commodities for use ...
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September 10, 2009
Inside the Soquel Cafeteria: From Homemade Turkey to Burritos in a Bag
Cathy Giannini has been working in the cafeteria in Soquel, California for 21 years. In the world of child nutrition, that's not unusually long (I've spoken with directors who have been working for over 40 years). Still, the changes she has seen throughout her career are striking. When Giannini started out, ...
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June 29, 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
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