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
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
Recipe for Success: Part 2 in the Berkeley Series
By Ann Cooper — A strong school-lunch program eliminates processed foods and puts a high emphasis on fresh whole foods cooked from scratch. Here are some things we embraced as part of our program in Berkeley: • Cooking from scratch absolutely must be the focus of any healthy school lunch program. Schools across ...
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March 5, 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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