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Need a Place to Crash in Boulder

October 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · school food

I’ll be spending a week in Boulder, Co., to continue covering school food beginning Oct. 30. I need a place to hang my hat that night, as well as Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. I’m good for the rest of the week, when I’ll embed in the school kitchens with Ann Cooper and her crew. […]

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What Does The Berkeley School Garden Study Really Mean?

September 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · kids, school food

Supporters of school gardens were positively giddy with news yesterday that a three-year study of a garden and cooking initiative in Berkeley, Calif., schools had shown students more eager to eat vegetables and make healthy food choices. But a closer look at the study shows that these positive results were attributed only to fourth and […]

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Do Kids Who Garden and Cook Eat Better?

September 23rd, 2010 · 4 Comments · kids, school food

Elementary school children regularly involved in gardening, cooking and nutrition education are more likely to develop a taste for fresh fruits and vegetables–even leafy greens–and will more eagerly help make fresh meals at home, but those gains come to a screeching halt as kids get older and move into middle school, where they often backslide. Those are […]

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