Yesterday First Lady Michelle Obama, accompanied by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, released the final federal nutrition standards for school meals, representing the first major overhaul of school food requirements in over 15 years. As with most products of the legislative process, the end result is messy and flawed but not without redeeming value. Here’s my [...]
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If you’re a reader of this blog you probably already know all about Mrs. Q, the (formerly) anonymous public school teacher who set about the unenviable task of eating the same school food her students were eating for an entire year. Her photographs of that food and her accompanying blog, Fed Up with Lunch, provided [...]
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As I mentioned yesterday, later this morning First Lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Vilsack will announce the USDA’s long-awaited, new school food nutrition standards. The event will take place at Parklawn Elementary School in Alexandria, VA, a HealthierUS Schools Challenge award winner, and attendees will be treated to a healthy school lunch prepared by Rachel Ray. [...]
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On today’s Spork Report, I discuss intensive school food audit going on in my district this week. While a USDA and state “Coordinated Review Effort” is routine, it’s also a big deal and the district has been working hard for months to prepare for it. Also, as I mention in the post, tomorrow First Lady Michelle [...]
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Gong Hey Fat Choy, people, or Happy Chinese Lunar New Year!* To celebrate the Year of the Dragon today, I wanted to share with you two books – one for kids, one for grown-ups — by cookbook author Nina Simonds. If you’re not familiar with Nina, she’s a leading Asian food expert and award-winning journalist whose writing [...]
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Last month a Brooklyn nine-year-old named Jonathan Jewth tragically choked to death while eating meatballs in his school cafeteria. The New York Post, which first broke the story, reported that the lunchroom workers on duty at the time were unable to assist the boy. Said an eyewitness quoted in the Post: The only thing the lunch [...]
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