Greasy to gourmet: Seattle chefs help schools trade corn dogs for couscous
Category: School Supported Agriculture
By: Joyce Hendley on January 06, 2012
In recent years, many parents, health advocates, and doctors have targeted school lunch as one of the aspects of our food system most in need of scrutiny and reform. Since then, many of us have come to see bland, processed-food-heavy cafeteria cuisine less as a necessary evil and more as evidence of the way in which our government's love affair with Big Ag takes a toll on public health. Not that revamping school lunch has proven easy: Public school districts struggle with extremely limited budgets, and the byzantine logistics of preparing and distributing food for thousands of children are especially tough to change.
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Two fourth-graders find a way to share school's food
Category: School Supported Agriculture
By: Joyce Hendley on December 29, 2011
Here's an article you might enjoy....Thanks to the 9-year-old girls, unwanted and leftover lunch items from a Cudahy school go to needy families. This story was written by Matt Stevens of the Los Angeles Times:
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Shelton students have no-meat lunch fare
Category: Food Education
By: Joyce Hendley on December 14, 2011
Here's an article you might enjoy....it features a school that offers vegetarian options for students. Click HERE to learn more.