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10 Things We Should Teach Every Kid About Food

Rob Smart | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Farms, Consumer Food Expenditures, Fast Food, Cooking, Children, Farmers, Education, Food, Food Retail, Community, Schools, Home Cooking, Gmo, Innovation, School, Pro Food, Eating, Industrial Food, Sustainable, Organic, Curriculum, School Lunch, Food Marketing, Green News
Rob Smart

We must find creative ways to reintroduce food in its broadest sense to children's everyday activities, starting with school, in order to close the knowledge gap between farm and plate.

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School Lunch: The Challenges Of Cooking Real Food

nytimes.com | KIM SEVERSON | Posted 09.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Food, Cooking, School Lunch, Food Politics, Green News

Many advocates for better, healthier school food have begun to believe that the only way to improve what students eat is to stop reheating processed f...

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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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Small Good News: No Double-Standard Dining In School Cafeterias

Karen Stabiner | Posted 09.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Malia Obama, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Cdc, Nutrition, Childhood Obesity, Diabetes, Sasha Obama, School Lunch, Living News
Karen Stabiner

It's not for nothing that companies sign up high-profile celebrities to sell their goods: the customer's drawn as much to borrowed élan a...

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There is No Such Thing as Junk Food...There's Just Junk! Let's Get It Out of Our Schools

Deirdre Imus | Posted 08.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Cafeteria Food, Organic Food, Children's Environmental Health, School Lunch, Whole Foods, Junk Food, Imus Ranch for Kids With Cancer, Children's Health, Healthy Snacks, Toxins, Living News
Deirdre Imus

It's lunchtime at your child's school. Do you know what's on the menu?

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