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Why I Go Slow, or Why Kids Should Care About Food

Jerusha Klemperer | Posted 12.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Chickens, Asparagus, Nutrition, Football, Cooking, Farmers Markets, Pesto, Farm-to-School, Green News
Jerusha Klemperer

Is it possible to get someone to care about food? To put time into learning how to cook? And are the reasons a kid should care about food any different from why an adult should care about food?

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FarmsReach.com: Local Produce Site Connects Restaurants, Schools To Farms

npr.org | Morning Edition | Posted 11.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Farm to School, Local Food, farmsreach.com, Green News

With the popularity of locally grown vegetables soaring, a new Web site hopes to make it easier for chefs to find farmers in their area and have produ...

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Transforming the Tray: What Kids Eat Means Something

Debra Eschmeyer | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Ann-Cooper, One Tray, Whole Foods, Farm-to-School, Parent Earth, Obama School Speech, School Lunch, Green News
Debra Eschmeyer

The Child Nutrition Act, which expires Sept. 30, determines what more than 30 million children eat at school five days a week, 180 days a year, making school meals a critical entry point for improving children's health.

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Feeding Kids (Real) Food

Wesley Epplin | Posted 09.24.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Lynn Peemoeller, Slow Food, School Food FOCUS, School Lunch Talk, Time for Lunch, Child Nutrition Act, Mary Ellen Caron, Eat-In, Slow Food Usa, Slow Food Chicago, Farm to School, Daley Plaza, Josh Viertel, Chicago News
Wesley Epplin

Giving our kids healthy fresh foods at school stands to set an example of how to form lasting eating habits that can truly have a positive impact on their health.

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Montana Food Efforts a Good Model for Hard Times

Rose Hayden-Smith | Posted 02.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Good Food, Montana Food Corps, Local Food Systems, Farm to Cafeteria, Food, Farm-to-School, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Great Depression, Ecotrust, Oregon, Portland Oregon, Green News
Rose Hayden-Smith

Local food systems -- including farm-to-institution programs -- can mean real money for local farmers, local food processors and local/state economies.

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Farm-To-School Programs: Growing a Healthier America

Isabel Cowles | Posted 11.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Food, Local Farming, Food Education, Farms, Health Care, Farm-to-School, Local Farmers, Farm to Table, Green News
Isabel Cowles

Food needs a piece of that seven billion dollar pie. For fortunate Americans, food is as much a source of entertainment as it is nourishment. Yet desp...

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