Entries Tagged as 'school food'
Launching her anti-obesity campaign–Let’s Move–last week, first lady Michelle Obama vowed to add 1 million kids to the 31 million already being served daily by federal reimbersible meal programs while cutting back on the foods kids like most–refined grains, potatoes, sugar, salt–and adding things kids like least–vegetables and whole grains. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama offered to split $1 billion per year […]
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There’s been an impressive convergence of attention on school food recently, with “Healthy Schools” legislation introduced in the D.C. Council, then my series of blog posts, “Tales from a D.C. School Kitchen,” detailing the woeful food being served at my daughter’s elementary school, followed by the launch this week of Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign against […]
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Bill Turque, education reporter for The Washington Post, reports in his online column, “D.C. Schools Insider” that schools Chief Operating Officer Anthony Tata is exploring a possible switch from current food provider Chartwells. Chartwells is the company behind the six-part series I reported here after spending a week in the kitchen of my daughter’s elementary […]
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