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Healthy Schools Saved

December 8th, 2010 · No Comments · school food

Word came yesterday that the D.C. Council had spared the Healthy Schools Act from the budget axe. While a number of social programs weren’t so lucky, D.C. Council Chairman and Mayor-elect Vincent Gray chose not to follow the suggestion of outgoing Mayor Adrian Fenty and use some $4.7 million intended for better school meals to […]

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Testifying for Healthy Schools

December 1st, 2010 · No Comments · kids, school food

Given before the D.C. Council yesterday, as it considers removing funds for better school food in the District as part of a plan proposed by outgoing Mayor Adrian Fenty to close a $188 million budget gap. My name is Andrea Northup and I coordinate the D.C. Farm to School Network, a program of the Capital […]

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Taking Food Out of Hungry Kids’ Mouths

November 28th, 2010 · No Comments · kids, school food

Charles Dickens could not have written a more sinisterly cruel plot. Having given D.C. kids a huge break by putting better food on school cafeteria trays, outgoing Mayor Adrian Fenty and the D.C. Council are now poised to snatch it away in order to balance the city’s budget. Fenty has targeted nearly $4.7 million in funds designated […]

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