USDA to Help Schools Buy Local!
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan wasn't joking when she said a few weeks ago that she wanted to “play the role of matchmaker during this administration” and link existing USDA programs with local and regional food initiatives. Today, in an exciting moment for school lunch, she announced that the USDA will ...
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September 15, 2009
Mark Your Calendars for Slow Food’s School Lunch Action Day
What do you get when you combine potluck dishes, the child nutrition reauthorization and thousands of advocates for healthy school food? Slow Food USA calls the result an "eat-in," and hundreds are about to take place across the United States. On Labor Day, this coming Monday, advocates in 290 cities across ...
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September 1, 2009
Country Watch: Italy
By Deborah Lehmann — When I blogged about cafeterias in France a few weeks ago, I thought I had found the country that was most different from the United States when it comes to school lunch. Then I found Italy. Italy is like the United States in one respect: both countries look ...
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May 19, 2009
In the Classroom, Madison Students Get a Taste of Local Veggies
By Shannon Henry — There is something truly powerful about seeing a kindergartner happily snacking on a carrot stick that until recently was growing in a local farmer’s garden. These past three weeks, my daughter’s K-2 school, Franklin Elementary, in Madison, WI, has been running a pilot classroom snack program with Wisconsin ...
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May 13, 2009
Going the Distance to Shorten it: The Fourth National Farm to Cafeteria Conference
By Debra Eschmeyer — With our First Lady touting the advantages of fresh, unprocessed and locally grown foods and 60 Minutes profiling Alice Waters on Sunday, March 15, the momentum continues to build for farm to fork relationships. And on March 19 to 21, the momentum will rise to a whole new level. Over 600 local food ...
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March 15, 2009
School Food: Some Philosophy and Possible Solutions
By Susan Rubin — My organization, Better School Food, was mentioned in an Op-Ed in the New York Times written by Alice Waters. This piece set off nationwide shock waves of responses, both positive and negative. Some folks just can't handle Alice's idealism. Their perception of foodie elitism has resulted in blog ...
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February 25, 2009
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