School Food

Congressman Jared Polis Revisits 'Pizza = School Food Vegetable'

Bettina Elias Siegel | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: SLICE Act, Pizza, Frozen Food, Childhood Obesity, School Food, Conagra, Tomato Paste, Jared Polis, Pizza Vegetable, Food News

The agricultural spending bill that gutted the pizza rule will expire at the end of the current fiscal year, i.e, September 2012, creating an opportunity to revisit the issue.

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USDA to Americans: You'll Eat Pink Slime Whether You Want It or Not

Nancy Huehnergarth | Posted 05.19.2012

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The USDA's announcement that school districts will be able to opt out of an ammonium-hydroxide treated ground beef filler known as both Lean Finely Textured Beef and "pink slime" is not exactly inspiring confidence.

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The Beef Industry Tries to Defend "Pink Slime" and My Response

Bettina Elias Siegel | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Boneless Lean Beef Trimmings, School Food, Beef Industry, Beef-Products-Inc, The Lunch Tray, change.org, Pink Slime, Pink-Slime-Banned, Pink Slime School Lunch, Pink Slime Ground Beef, Pink Slime Schools, Pink Slime Fast Food, School Lunch, Food News

Three fast food giants -- McDonald's, Burger King and Taco Bell -- have discontinued their use of "Pink Slime." But while fast food customers can vote with their dollars, students must passively consume whatever the federal government sees fit to feed them.

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New USDA School Food Standards: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Bettina Elias Siegel | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Usda, Nutrient Standard, Michelle Obama, Tom Vilsack, Nutrition Standards, School Food, School Lunch Regulations, School Lunch Reform, Healthy School Lunches, Food Based Menu Planning, School Lunches, Parents News

Are the new school food standards ideal? No. Are districts being given enough money to really get the job done? No, again. But do we have some cause for celebration? Absolutely.

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Invest in Food, Invest in Kids

Noli Taylor | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: School Food, Healthy School Food, Local Food, Island Grown Schools, Healthy School Lunches, School Lunch, School Lunches, Martha's Vineyard, Food News

These changes help our kids see that we aren't just telling them to eat better -- we as a community are willing to invest in the food they are served at school to help them grow up as healthy, smart, and strong as they can.

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32 Million Reasons to Cheer the USDA

Nancy Huehnergarth | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: School Food, Health, Michelle Obama, Nutrition, Pizza Vegetable, Healthy School Lunches, School Lunches, Pizza-Vegetable-Congress, Food News

There are 32 million reasons why the USDA's new school meal standards are good news. That's the number of children in the U.S. and who will soon be served far more nutritious, and hopefully delicious school meals.

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Yes Virginia, Food Reformers Love Food (Decadent Recipe Included)

Nancy Huehnergarth | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Food Reform, School Food, Health, Nutrition, School Lunches, Food News

We're eating the same way an earlier, much healthier generation ate -- my grandmother's generation. They healthfully subsisted on a steady of diet of mostly home-cooked, real, whole foods (some of them grown in their own gardens) with periodic treats.

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District May Ease Junk Food Ban Amid Profit Loss

Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Vending Machine in Schools, School Lunches, Childhood Nutrition, Childhood Obesity, Video, Seattle Junk Food Ban, Vending Machines, Junk Food Ban, School Junk Food Ban, School Vending, School Food, School Vending Machines, Student Health, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, Seattle School Food, Student Nutrition, Seattle Schools, Education News

The Seattle School District is considering rewriting a policy enacted in 2004 that removed junk food from public schools, citing the ban's huge cut to...

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Phillies Star Donates $1.2 Million To Local Schools

AP | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: School Supplies, Video, School Athletes, High School Sports, High Schools, School Sports, Leroy Nunery, Ryan Howard Donation, School Food, Ryah Howard Family Foundation, School Athletics, Adidas, Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Superintendent, Ryan Howard, Adidas Sportswear, High School Athletes, Education News

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Phillies star Ryan Howard is helping local students dress for success – in athletics. The first baseman annou...

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Pizza As A Vegetable? Thanks, But No Thanks!

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Food Companies, Congress, Pizza, Healthy, Children, Lobbying, Thanksgiving, Obesity, Diet, Health, Nutrition, Dr. David Katz, Vegetables, School Food, Diet and Nutrition, Diabetes, Tomato Sauce, News, Conditions, Healthy Living News

Good health is perennially on the list of reasons any family has to be thankful, and food is among the most potent of influences on health. The differential effects of pizza and a mixed green salad on health don't change just because politicians play around with the lexicon.

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Mysterious Blogger Who Exposed Bad School Lunches Revealed

Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Sarah Wu, School Meals, Video, Cafeteria Food, Nutrition, School Lunches, School Nutrition, Fed Up With Lunch, School Food, Childhood Nutrition, School Cafeterias, Schools, School Lunch, Student Nutrition, School Cafeteria Food, Good Morning America, Education News

It all started one day at the beginning of last year when she forgot to pack her lunch. Mrs. Q -- a pseudonym that this elementary school teacher u...

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New Ways Kids Are Getting Meals When School's Out

AP | By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Food Research and Action Center, Ymca, Reduced Price Lunches, Food, School Food, Usda, Kids Meals, US Department of Agriculture, Children's Health, School Food Programs, Summer Food Programs, Summer Meal Programs, Education News

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Food can be scarce around the Mendoza household during the summer. School food service worker Alina Mendoza loses most of her hour...

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Talking "Lunch Tray" Reform

Martha St Jean | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Childhood Obesity, Food Schools Serve, School Food, Lunch Tray Reform, Healthy Living Body, School Food Change, Nutrition, Healthy Living News

"How healthy is the food schools are serving kids?" One blogger and concerned parent has taken on the debate of food in schools and made it her mission to educate others and help raise a generation of healthy kids.

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Schools, Businesses Opting For Healthy Vending Machines

Posted 09.14.2011

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Studies have consistently shown that when people eat healthy food, they increase productivity at work and get better test performance in students—wh...

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Zak Pelaccio Launches The Cooking Room, A Public School Kitchen Classroom

Zak Pelaccio | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: The Cooking Room, Healthy, Zak Pelaccio, Zakary Pelaccio, Wellness, Education, Fci, Public School, Food, Icc, School Food, French Culinary Institute, Fatty 'Cue, Dorothy Hamilton, Fatty Crew, Fatty Crab, Tea, Food News

A classroom in a NYC Public School dedicated solely to teaching elementary school kids how to create tasty food with real, fresh, non-processed ingredients. I had never heard of anything like it.

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26 Philly Schools To Lose Full-Service Kitchens

Philadelphia Inquirer | Posted 08.30.2011

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Hot, healthy lunches may be a thing of the past for some children as the Philadelphia School District closes kitchens at 26 elementary and middle scho...

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Out of Sight, Out of Mind: How Availability Affects Healthy Choices

Tim Harlan, M.D. | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: School Nutrition, Healthy Eating, School Food, Healthy Living, Institute of Medicine, Healthy Living Body, Grocery Shopping, Nutrition, Health Food Availability, Healthy Living News

If you're trying to eat healthier and help your family do the same, choose better foods to have in the house and advocate for better choices in your kids' schools.

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Mass. School District Stored Food In Rodent, Insect-Infested 'Barn'

Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: School Lunches, School Food, School Food Rodent Droppings, Westford Massachusetts, School Food Rodents, Unsafe School Food, Westford School District, Frozen Food, Education News

School officials have made a startling discovery in Westford, Mass. An investigation found that all frozen food for the school district was being stor...

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Note to Parents: Get Pissed!

Annie Spiegelman | Posted 05.25.2011

At Marin Academy, a high school in San Rafael, California, the county's private school kids were eating what we all should be eating: organic, locally grown, whole foods with a wide variety of fruits and vegetables in their school lunches.

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7 Reasons Why Congress Should Pass Child Nutrition Now

Michael F. Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: School Food, School Food Policy, School Lunch Food, School Food Menu, Better School Food, Healthy School Food, School Cafeteria Food, School Food Nutrition, Home News

Child nutrition may not have the political cachet of some of the big ticket items on Congress' plate, but here are seven reasons why this bill should be a top priority for congressional action.

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Pennies and Pounds: Congress Takes on Child Nutrition

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dr. David Katz, Childhood Obesity, Hunger-Free Kids Act, Child Nutrition, Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, School Food, Politics News

I applaud improvements in school food that will ensue with passage of the Healthy Hunger-free Kids Act. But I wince at the prospect of the right hand breaking what the left just fixed.

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Child Obesity: If You Want to Help Future Generations, Now Is the Time to Act!

Joshua Rosenthal | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: School Food, Nutrition School, Jamie-Oliver-Food-Revolution, Integrative Nutrition, Child Obesity, Health, Childhood Obesity, Obesity Epidemic, Healthy Living News

School food guidelines need serious revisions. Jamie's ultimate goal is to start a new cooking initiative and make the public aware of what's being served at local schools.

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School Food Independence

Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Missouri, Iowa, School Food, Food, Education, Keith Olbermann, Local Food, Children's Health, Food News

A few years ago I was asked to serve on the Wellness Committee that was being formed by the Iowa City School District, under a federal mandate to impr...

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From the White House to the Wii: Moving to Conquer Obesity

Debra Eschmeyer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: School Gardens, School Food, Michelle Obama, School Lunches, Obesity, Politics, School Lunch, Food, Food News

Food policy councils have never existed before at the national level, but last week I attended the White House Childhood Obesity Summit, and it certainly had the flavors of one.

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A Child Nutrition Act That Lives Up to Its Promise

Jilly Stephens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Usda, Nyc, New York Schools, City Harvest, New York City Harvest, School Food, New York News, School Lunches, Child Hunger, New York, Child Obesity, Politics News

A funding increase that robs Peter to pay Paul shouldn't be considered a "win" for hungry kids.

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