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The Many Faces of Ann Cooper

November 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments · kids, school food

Ann Cooper is involved in so may different activities and is branded in so many different ways it’s sometimes hard to know where one starts and another ends without a program. Here’s an organizational chart of sorts to explain the multi-faceted world of one very busy school food reformer. Long before she started serving school […]

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A Chance Encounter Plus Tacos Ignites Boulder’s Cafeteria Makeover

November 10th, 2010 · 3 Comments · kids, school food

Sylvia Tawse wanted less talk, more action After putting four children through Boulder schools, Sylvia Tawse was tired of talking about changing the district’s lousy food. She wanted to do something about it.  “I had been packing lunches for my kids for 17 years. Once a month, I’d go have a lunch with one of […]

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Taking the Stigma Out of School Lunch

November 9th, 2010 · 4 Comments · kids, school food

In addition to the food prescribed by the federal government for subsidized meals–meat, vegetables, grains, milk–many schools offer a wide variety of fast food items on the theory that these will boost sales and help finance struggling food service programs. These foods can be sold “a la carte” or even in vending machines alongside subsidized meals […]

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