Here’s a news flash: The District of Columbia public school system is in the process of ditching pre-made, heat-and-serve meals and converting to fresh-cooked lunches. In some school, the meals will actually be cooked in on-site kitchens. This move seems to have flown under the radar. But the intel we have as of today is that […]
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Here’s a gem of a film that’s flown largely under the radar but should be seen by anyone who’s the least concerned about the food being served in schools. Independent filmmaker Amy Kalafa and dentist-turned-nutritionist Susan Rubin were both fed up with the junk food their children were being exposed to in school and spent […]
Students at the Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School were so swept away with the idea of growing their own food that they decided to film a documentary about how kids can change the way they eat. What may have been most telling about a screening of the film last night was the way the […]
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