Via Chef Ann Cooper’s Facebook feed I learned of this post on Civil Eats, giving an excellent recap and update on where the pending child nutrition bill stands in Congress. According to the post’s author, Adriana Velez, this week may be critical for the bill’s passage. She writes: According to The Hill 80 percent of Americans [...]
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I’ve reported in the past on “The Great American Salad Bar Project,” Chef Ann Cooper’s initiative, in conjunction with Whole Foods, to place salad bars in schools around the country. It’s a laudable program and most parents, upon hearing of the idea, show an immediate spark of interest. The phrase “salad bar” conjures up [...]
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A New York City friend (hi, Ed!), recently alerted me to the “School Food Rocks” conference that’s being held this Saturday, October 23rd, in Brooklyn. A joint effort of the New York City Department of Education’s Office of SchoolFood, the Brooklyn Food Coalition, GrowNYC, the District 15 Community Education Council and other organizations, the School Food [...]
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On tap for this week’s Lunch Buffet: all Jamie, all the time; a dose of reality from a school food reformer; and a word of warning to Lunch Tray readers carrying a few extra pounds — and with plans to emigrate to New Zealand (all one of you.) Three Jamie Oliver-Related Items First, the Guardian [...]
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Yesterday, TLT guest blogger and Recipe for Success founder, Gracie Cavnar, called for a school lunch boycott this week to send a message of protest regarding the current state of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Gracie and I clearly support the same goals — improved school food and the elimination of junk food on [...]
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As fans of Chef Ann Cooper (aka The Renegade Lunch Lady) know, five years ago, Alice Waters’s Chez Panisse Foundation set out to overhaul the food served in the Berkeley Unified School District. Chef Ann was hired to supervise the project (and has since left to make the same improvements in Boulder, CO.) The [...]
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Recently a Lunch Tray reader asked a very basic question — how can one parent begin to change school food? I responded to the reader in a series three posts: Part One offered advice for bringing about change at the classroom level (e.g., teacher rewards and snacks); Part Two dealt with changing the school-wide food [...]
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I recently announced that I and a team of school food “superheroes” – Janet Poppendieck, Mrs. Q, Chef Ann Cooper, Ed Bruske, and Dr. Susan Rubin – are banding together to answer a Lunch Tray reader’s simple yet profound question — how does one parent begin to bring about change in school food? I’m responding in a series of three posts and [...]
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Last week I announced that I and a team of school lunch reform luminaries – Janet Poppendieck, Mrs. Q, Chef Ann Cooper, Ed Bruske, and Dr. Susan Rubin – are going to band together to answer a Lunch Tray reader’s simple yet profound question — how does one parent begin to bring about change in school food? I’m taking on three [...]
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Yesterday I announced that I and a team of school lunch reform luminaries – Janet Poppendieck, Mrs. Q, Chef Ann Cooper, Ed Bruske, and Dr. Susan Rubin – are going to band together to answer a Lunch Tray reader’s simple yet profound question — how does one parent begin to bring about change in school food? I call this group [...]
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