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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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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Lunchtime at Casey Middle School and kids jostled in the food line, giggling, pushing, horsing around as usual as they waited to be served the day’s entree: a choice of hamburger, or a plate of either beef or vegetarian bean nachos. Some students who had already passed the cash register with their food stood in front of a bank of microwave ovens […]
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