School Lunches

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Boulder Valley School Board Election: Okay, Let Them Eat Cake

Anne Z. Boxer | Posted 10.28.2009 | Denver

Read More: Boulder County, Mayor Bloomberg, Bake-Sale-Ban, School Lunches, Jim Pollicita, The Renegade Lunch Lady, Tom Miers, Bake Sales, School Board Election, Boulder Vally School District, Lesley Smith, Jennie Belval, Louise Benson, Berkeley, Ann Cooper, John Kettling, Denver News

In search of controversy, Boulder Valley School Board candidates weigh in on cupcakes in class and a host of other education issues.

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Cutting The Fat From School Lunches (AUDIO)

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.22.2009 | Impact

Read More: Fruits and Vegetables, Congress, Iom, Calories, Trans Fat, School Lunches, Impact News

A child can't grow on tater tots alone, says the National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine. A new report by the IOM recommends that America'...

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Children Are Living Messages We Send to a Future We Will Not See!

Christina Pirello | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Dr. Neal Barnard, School Lunches, New England Journal of Medicine, Food, Anthony Geraci, Childhood Nutrition, Christina Pirello Health Education Initiative, Childhood Obesity, Living News

Our kids are fat and at risk of dying young now. We must change the way we think about nourishing our kids.

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Tricks and Treats of the Vegan Lunch Box

Kerry Trueman | Posted 10.01.2009 | Green

Read More: World Vegetarian Day, Vegan Lunch Box, Bento Box, Jennifer McCann, Green Living, School Lunches, Green News

Now's the perfect time to get acquainted with Jennifer McCann, the veggie-loving blogger who began documenting the delicious and delightfully inventive plant-based lunches she created for her son.

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Preschool Lesson #1: How to Pack Greener Lunches

Louise Sloan | Posted 10.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Eco-Friendly, Reusable Bag, Justin Timberlake, Louise Sloan, Preschool, Lunch, School Lunches, Eco-Friendly School Lunches, How to Be Green, Green News

I was getting a bit lax in the eco-friendly arena. But preschool whipped me into shape.

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School District Bans Talking During Lunch

ABC 7 | Posted 11.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Elgin Talking Ban, Silent Lunch, Elgin Silent Lunch, Elgin Lunch Ban, Elgin School District, School Lunches, Chicago News

Imagine silence in a school lunchroom filled with children eating lunch....

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Good Nutrition Starts at School

Kerry Trueman | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green

Read More: National School Lunch Program, Children's Nutrition, One-Tray, Child Nutrition Act, School Lunches, Green News

Only 2% of children get enough fruits and vegetables to meet the USDA's Food Guide Pyramid serving recommendations. An entire generation is missing out on the pleasures of home-cooked meals made with freshly harvested foods.

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Feed Your Children Well

Dan Imhoff | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Slow Food Usa, National School Lunch Program, Childhood Nutrition, Nutrition, Childhood Obesity, Childhood Nutrition Act, School Lunches, Politics News

The cheap calorie delivery system -- funded for the past few decades through both the Farm Bill and the Child Nutrition Act -- has become a key player in the Supersizing of our kids.

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Minestrone, and Three Other Things That Will Save American School Lunch

Deborah Lehmann | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: National School Lunch Program, Tiverton, Slow Food Usa, Slow Food, Usda, Eat-In, School Lunches, Green News

It's time to bring the school lunch program back to its roots. This year's child nutrition reauthorization provides an enormous opportunity to overhaul school food and teach students healthy eating habits that will last a lifetime.

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Want to Teach Democracy? Improve School Lunches

Alice Waters | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Food, Community Gardens, Alice Waters, The Nation, Morgan Spurlock, Urban Farming, School Lunches, Food Politics, Green News

What's missing from the national conversation about school lunch reform is the opportunity to use food to teach values that are central to democracy.

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CA School's Culinary Arts Program Teaches World Culture, Racial Acceptance

Sonal Bains | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Education, Lowell Bernstein, Organic Food, Children, Healthy Lifestyle, Charter Schools, Aveson Global Leadership Academy, International Education, Asia Society, School Lunches, Raising Global Citizens, Children's Health, Organic, Childhood Obesity, Green News

Transport yourself back to your elementary school cafeteria. Are you shuddering at the haunting memory of the combined odor of sloppy joes and Tater Tots?

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Mapping a Local Food Trail for the Obamas' Vineyard Vacation

Susie Middleton | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Small Farms, School Gardens, White House, Local Food, Cristeta Comerford White House Chef, Locally-Grown Goods, School Lunches, Farmers Markets, Eating Locally, Obamas, Edible Magazines, Humane Slaughter, Local Farmers, Martha's Vineyard, Green News

By all accounts, the Obamas are planning a quiet vacation this week on Martha's Vineyard. The Vineyard Gazette reports this morning that the First Fam...

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Obama Talks Up Local Food, School Lunches, And Setting Up A Farmers Market Outside The White House

Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama Obesity, Local Food, Farmers Markets, Health Care Forum, School Lunches, Obama Health Care, White House Farmers Market, Healthcare, Obama School Lunches, Obama Farmers Market, Green News

At President Obama's interactive health care strategy meeting on Thursday, the President was asked about healthy eating and how he and his family keep...

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The White House, Food, and Children

Neal Barnard, M.D. | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Centers for Disease Control, Fast Food, Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act, Health, School Lunches, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Obama Dc Metro, Obesity, Health Care, Barack Obama, Child Obesity, Childhood Obesity, Living News

If Congress is going to tackle health care, it needs to understand why so many children and adults are in such poor shape. First off, every child in every school deserves a healthful lunch every day.

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The School Lunch Revolution: Get Ready

Grist | Posted 09.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Time for Lunch Campaign, Slow Food Usa, Food, Eat Ins, School Lunches, Time for Lunch, Food Politics, Green News

A recent federal mandate required that every school district write and implement a "Wellness Policy" that addressed, among other things, the epidemic ...

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White House Objects to Poster That Invokes Obama Children

Eugene Volokh | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Healthy Eating, White House, Vegetarian, Malia and Sasha Obama School, School Lunches, Vegan, Sasha Obama, Malia Obama, Barack Obama, White House Counsel, Politics News

It's hard to evaluate the White House Counsel's office statements based on such a paraphrase, but if they did suggest that the reference to the President's daughters was legally actionable, they were wrong.

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Healthy School Lunches. Yes We Can!

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 08.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Stroke Diabetes, Public Schools, Healthy Eating, Health, Obesity Epidemic, School Lunches, Healthy Kids, Heart Disease, Childhood Obesity, Living News

Dr. Butler is leading the way for the country in changing what we feed our kids. Our children deserve healthy food and they deserve to be taught how to be healthy at the elementary school level.

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In Schools, the Chance to Change What Our Children Eat

Jilly Stephens | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Schools, Nyc, USDA Policy, School Food, New York City Harvest, School Lunches, Usda, City Harvest, New York, New York News

Many students are ashamed to be singled out as eating free or reduced-price meals. Congress must vote to make school meals universal and provide free meals to all students at eligible schools.

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Food, Inc. Inspires Moms to Cut the Crap

Sarah Newman | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Parents have had enough. They know their kids need nutritious, fresh ingredients that encourage healthy growth and fuel their minds instead of foods that fuel an obesity epidemic amongst kids.

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School Lunches Around the World

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 06.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Health Care, School Lunches, Diabetes, America, Green News

We're getting ripped off twice: once by paying to feed our American kids a junk food diet, then again when those same kids develop health problems that could have been prevented with better understanding of the nutritional value of food.

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Twitter Co-Founder Lobbies For Vegetarian School Lunches (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: National School Lunch Program, Twitter, Twitter Founder, Twitter Biz Stone, Biz Stone School Lunch, Biz Stone, School Lunches, Politics News

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has taken up a cause that requires a few more than 140 characters to explain. The microblogging exec is lobbying Congress...

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Peaceful Revolution: Current School Food Standards Don't Make Sense

Margo G. Wootan | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cafeteria Nutrition, American Academy of Pediatrics, Healthy Food, Congress, School Nutrition Standards, National PTA, Vending Machines in Schools, School Lunches, Parenting, Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act, Parenting and Food, Childhood Obesity, United States Department of Agriculture, Junk Food, Junk Food Ban, American Medical Association, Usda, National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity, Politics News

Over the last two decades, rates of obesity have tripled in children and adolescents, and that increase has been linked to soda intake and the sale of junk food in schools.

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Serving Sickness to School Kids

Michael Markarian | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: National School Lunch Program, Salmonella, Usda, Animals, E. Coli, School Lunches, Downer Cows, Agriculture, Food Production, Politics News

Lax agency enforcement of humane slaughter rules continues to allow unacceptable abuse of animals and food safety risks.

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School Lunches Get Healthier

New York Times | Andrew Martin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Childhood Obesity, School Lunches, Business News

As students return to school this week, some are finding unusual entries on the list of class rules: fewer fried foods, smaller servings and no cupcak...

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