The position at the very top of D.C. Public Schools–interim Chancellor Kaya Henderson–continues to be that schools are incapable of running their own food service program. Henderson says she is glad to have a hired third party–Chartwells–handle it so she can focus on reading and math. Henderson made her views on school food known in a […]
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If the U.S. Department of Agriculture has its way, kids will soon be seeing lots more whole grain food on their cafeteria trays–up to 80 percent more at breakfast under the agency’s proposed new meal guidelines [PDF]. But as my colleague Lisa Suriano pointed out in this space recently, if you thought that meant spelt and quinoa […]
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Guest Post By Lisa Suriano The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed new school meal guidelines [PDF] that call for substantially more whole grains. But if you thought that meant kids would start seeing bulgur and spelt on their cafeteria trays, think again. What it really means are the same old dinner rolls, pizza crusts […]
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