Entries from January 2010
More Cash for School Food Needed, Says Head of Farm-to-School
January 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment · food news, kids
Does President Obama’s proposed freeze on discretionary spending include federal meal programs for schools? Debra Eschmeyer, head of the National Farm-to-School Network, says now is not the time to shrink from improving the quality of school food, not when children are caught up in an obesity epidemic, not when the U.S. is spending $1 million [...]
Tags: farm to school·school food·Tales from a D.C. School Kitchen
Daughter Goes on Food Strike, Uses Allowance to Order Thai
January 30th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Ethnic, kids
Have I mentioned that our daughter is a picky eater? Complicating matters, she is also a Capricorn, which makes her stubborn by nature, according to my wife. We have certainly tired of the nightly arguments over what’s for dinner. It seems no matter what we do it’s never quite right. This morning our 10-year-old–who wished for [...]
Tags: parenting
We are engaging the concerns of a hungry planet--slowly--right here in our kitchen garden in the District of Columbia, about a mile from the White House.
