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The Slow Cook at Rodale

August 24th, 2010 · No Comments · food news

Maria Rodale, inheritor of that name’s long-time connection with organic farming, recently asked me to share my thoughts about school meals with readers of her blog–Maria’s Country Kitchen–and at Huffington Post. In a recent installment, I discuss how the school lunch program is maintained in a perpetual state of poverty, expecting “lunch ladies” to turn […]

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D.C. School Food in ‘Flavor’ Magazine

August 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments · food news

Flavor magazine, covering food news in the Washington, D.C., area, asked me to recap what I’ve learned about the food D.C. serves in its public schools since I first spent a week some months ago as an observer in the kitchen of my daughter’s elementary school. Of course, if you ‘ve been reading this blog, or […]

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School Nutrition Association Dances to Milk Industry Tune

August 12th, 2010 · 9 Comments · food news

The School Nutrition Association, representing thousands of school food service workers across the country, has embraced a “study” promoting chocolate and other sugar-enhanced milk that was paid for by the dairy industry, conducted by a firm that specializes in devising corporate marketing schemes, and which the dairy group refuses to release for close inspection. The SNA has […]

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