With ever increasing buzz around the idea of feeding kids real food at school, some local jurisdictions are actually taking steps in the right direction. Here in the District of Columbia, the food providor for public schools, Chartwells, a division of the international conglomerate Compass Group, plans to introduce fresh-made meals to replace the re-warmed […]
This week was the big rollout of our local farm to school network here in the District of Columbia, but for me it was more like a tale of two cities. My job was to give food demonstrations to the kids in two elementary schools, one a predominantly white school in an affluent area of […]
With “Eat Ins” being held around the country on Labor day to support healthier school lunches it went unnoticed by the general public that Congress intends to delay until spring any improvements to the national school lunch program. It’s a further sign of President Obama’s struggles in his first year. Health care reform and action on climate […]
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