Pitting Safe Food Against Healthy Food
I've been feeling relatively optimistic about the USDA commodity program lately. Offerings are heavy on the meat and the cheese, but they have gotten much healthier over the years. When it comes to providing nutritious food, it seems like cafeterias face larger obstacles, such as maintaining student participation and keeping ...
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October 6, 2009
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
Need Healthy School Food Resources? Check Out The Lunch Box
It's finally ready! School Lunch Talk co-editor Ann Cooper has launched The Lunch Box, a comprehensive online toolbox for improving school food. The site gives schools, parents and advocates everything they need to switch from processed foods to healthy, from-scratch cooking in a cost-effective manner. Resources range from recipes and ...
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August 25, 2009
How the USDA Helped Bring Processed Food to School Lunch
Most adults don't have glorious memories of school lunch. It was sloppy Joes, shepherd's pie, spaghetti with meat sauce, and it was usually on the bland side. But the food wasn't bad, and it was almost always cooked from scratch by an army of school lunch ladies. How things have changed. A few ...
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July 30, 2009
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