Coinciding perfectly with my recent school food fact finding mission to Sweden, the D.C. Public Schools next week are holding a “Nordic Day,” supported by several local embassies. As well as a menu of classic nordic foods for all 45,000 DCPS students, the embassies will be providing musical entertainment and other activities at individual schools. […]
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When I first started writing about the food being served in my daughter’s elementary school cafeteria, I figured there had to be a reason children were being fed Apple Jacks cereal, strawberry milk, Pop-Tarts, Giant Goldfish Grahams and Otis Spunkmeyer muffins for breakfast. I was right. The manufacturers of those sugar-laden products pay hefty rebates–some […]
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At first I thought it was a prank. On September 7, I received an e-mail purporting to be from the press office at the Swedish embassy in Washington. I was invited to attend a “study visit” of the school lunch program in Sweden just two weeks hence. “The Swedish Institute is willing to cover costs […]
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