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“My bill will see to it that students are eating fresh healthy food in school cafeterias throughout the District”–Mary Cheh D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) has introduced landmark “Healthy Schools” legislation that integrates nutrition standards, locally produced foods, school gardening, broader access to subsidized meals and increased physical exercise to address obesity and other children’s health issues in […]
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Does President Obama’s proposed freeze on discretionary spending include federal meal programs for schools? Debra Eschmeyer, head of the National Farm-to-School Network, says now is not the time to shrink from improving the quality of school food, not when children are caught up in an obesity epidemic, not when the U.S. is spending $1 million […]
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If you’ve been reading my series of posts about the food served at H.D. Cooke Elementary School here in the District of Columbia, you may be as perplexed as I am about how we might do better. Lots of people–including some school food service directors–wonder if it’s really possible to serve fresher, healthier food in public schools. I […]
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