Media Coverage
Media Coverage
| Date | Media Coverage | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Dec 5, 2011 |
''Pizza’s veggie status causes controversy in school lunchroom'' “Although Congress recently passed an agriculture appropriations bill that continues to recognize pizza sauce and French fries as vegetable servings in school lunches, local dietitians and nutrition experts say Congress missed an opportunity to improve the nutrition of school lunches.”
Source: JC Online |
School Food |
| Nov 26, 2011 |
''Food for thought: Area school districts boost nutrition menu plans'' “Gone from many school lunchrooms are the fried pork tenderloins and corn dogs. Today’s young people twirl forkfuls of whole grain noodles and pluck romaine lettuce and roma tomatoes from the salad bar.” Source: The Kansas City Star |
School Food |
| Nov 23, 2011 |
''To Capitol Hill: End the Food Fight'' “The legislative events of last week had to surprise parents and educators who struggle to provide children with sound nutritional choices in a world often inhospitable to healthy behavior.”
Source: The Huffington Post |
School Food |
| Nov 23, 2011 |
''Doesn’t Congress know we are what we eat?'' “Congress was wrong to block new rules proposed by the Agriculture Department that would have overhauled the nation’s school lunch program." Source: Philadelphia Inquirer |
School Food |
| Nov 23, 2011 |
''Food Fight: Pizza and Spuds Win, School Kids Lose'' “French fries and pizza don’t make a healthy meal, especially not for America’s school children, one out of three of whom are overweight or obese. Yet Congress chose to save these junk foods on school lunch menus — in effect, putting profits of a narrow part of the food industry ahead of our country’s future health.” Source: The Huffington Post |
School Food |
| Nov 18, 2011 |
''School Food Politics: What’s Missing from the Pizza-as-Vegetable Reporting'' “Over the last couple of days, news outlets have been having a field day with a proposal from Congress that pizza sauce be considered a vegetable to qualify for the National School Lunch program." Source: Food Safety News |
School Food |
| Nov 15, 2011 |
''Congress pushes back on healthier school lunches'' "In an effort many 9-year-olds will cheer, Congress wants pizza and french fries to stay on school lunch lines and is fighting the Obama administration's efforts to take unhealthy foods out of schools.The final version of a spending bill released late Monday would unravel school lunch standards the Agriculture Department proposed earlier this year. These include limiting the use of potatoes on the lunch line, putting new restrictions on sodium and boosting the use of whole grains. The legislation would block or delay all of those efforts." Source: Associated Press |
School Food |
| Nov 9, 2011 |
''Yes, More on Those Cheetos (And the News May Not Be Good)'' "I chose to lead off with this topic because I’ve long been concerned about the nutritional quality of the foods HISD offers to students for profit, in competition with the federally subsidized school meal, on the district’s a la carte lines." Source: Houston Chronicle |
School Food |
| Nov 8, 2011 |
''COMMENTARY: Change is on the menu at schools across the country'' "On average, two of every three school children eat a National School Lunch Program lunch and consume about one-third of their total calories from that meal each weekday." Source: Hutchison Leader |
School Food |
| Nov 7, 2011 |
''Birmingham, Jefferson County school lunches get more healthy'' "In their ongoing efforts to make lunchroom meals more nutritious, Birmingham and Jefferson County schools have adopted new and creative ways to get students to eat their vegetables." Source: Birmingham News |
School Food |
