Well, that’s apparently true in Australia, anyway. But would the results of a food literacy survey here in the U.S. be any different? We’ve talked a lot on The Lunch Tray about the sharp decline in food knowledge and cooking skills in America, a country which ranks last among 20 surveyed nations in terms of time [...]
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One of the most dismaying aspects of the recent passage of new federal school meal standards was the collective caving by Congress to pressure from various food manufacturers seeking to protect profits. The most notorious of these episodes was the fight over the continued classification of pizza as a school food vegetable. To recap: a quirk in [...]
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For a few weeks now I’ve been amassing some interesting links for you on the always-contentious issues of school bake sales and sugary classroom treats and rewards: An Overview of Practices Around the Country Bloomberg/Businessweek recently published an interesting overview on how districts around the country deal with school bake sales, from outright bans to regulating the [...]
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I just wanted to remind TLT readers that tonight (8pm EST) marks the premiere of the first two episodes of the much-anticipated HBO documentary, “Weight of the Nation,” about America’s obesity crisis. The final two episodes will air tomorrow night. I spoke a several times with one of the producers of the show a few [...]
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I’m recovering from an awful bout of (benign) vertigo this week, leaving me feeling literally and figuratively off-kilter. I have lots of draft posts to share with you, but they’re all on weighty topics that I just don’t have the energy to face today. So let’s instead close out the week with something totally frivolous. [...]
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A few months ago I told you all about FoodCorps, a promising new public service organization (part of AmeriCorps) dedicated to improving the health of children in low-income communities. Operating in ten states (and possibly expanding to two more in the near future), FoodCorps service members dedicate a year of their lives to providing hands-on nutrition education in [...]
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