Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2012 |
''Would you eat this school lunch? We did - and it was good'' "It's tough to balance kids' tastes and adults' nutrition standards, but schools are finding surprising ways to make it happen." Source: Kansas City Star |
School Food |
| Jan 4, 2012 |
''Greasy to gourmet: Seattle chefs help schools trade corn dogs for couscous'' "For most of public-school history, cafeteria food was something to be endured and then forgotten immediately upon graduating. But 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." Source: Grist |
School Food |
| Jan 3, 2012 |
''Is pizza a vegetable? Lessons from the fight to change the way America's school kids eat lunch'' "New regulations for school lunches, which are funded by the federal government, were proposed by the United States Department of Agriculture last month and will be officially announced in January. The new rules are based on recommendations from the National Academies' Institute of Medicine, and may take effect as early as July." Source: Deseret News |
School Food |
| Jan 3, 2012 |
''Asking the right questions about school food 'miracles' of 2011'' "Every now and then, a story appears in the media gushing about a “school food miracle worker” apparently serving healthier, higher quality food than usually found in school lunch programs, and costing no more than what a typical school district spends on a less healthy meal. The reader is left wondering why all schools don't just do what the “miracle worker” does." Source: Beyond Chron |
School Food |
| Jan 2, 2012 |
''Salad bars are a hit at Hurst-Euless-Bedford elementary schools'' "As part of a plan to promote health, introduce children to fresh fruits and vegetables and wean them off junk food, the Hurst-Euless-Bedford district is adding salad bars to elementary schools." Source: Star-Telegram |
School Food |
| Dec 12, 2011 |
''A Real Choice for Parents on Their Kids’ Health'' “At a time when 21 million students across the U.S. are receiving free or low-cost school lunches, Congress has voted to block new guidelines that would have limited the use of potatoes and sodium in the National School Lunch Program.” Source: The Huffington Post |
School Food |
| Dec 6, 2011 |
“If they weren’t so damaging to children, congressional leaders’ explanations for their policy decisions that cater to big money interests at those children’s expense would be downright funny.”
Source: The Huffington Post |
School Food |
| Dec 5, 2011 |
''Kids putting down the tater tots in Cheney school meal program'' “They say it takes 21 days to break a bad habit, so how long do you think it took the Cheney School District to get kids to pass on the tater tots and pick up carrot sticks instead?"
Source: KXLY |
School Food |
| Dec 5, 2011 |
''Schools put focus on healthy choices'' “As Congress fights over the legitimacy of tomato paste and pizza sauce as a serving of vegetables in school lunches, area private schools are taking the matter of children’s nutrition into their own hands.” Source: News-Press |
School Food |
| Dec 5, 2011 |
''School Lunches: How The Food Industry Controls Student Meals'' “In a biting piece in The New York Times Sunday, investigative reporter Lucy Komisar offers an in-depth look at how the food in-depth look at how the food industry — and its complex web of internal alliances — is taking over school meals." Source: The Huffington Post |
School Food |
