Back when I started TLT I was the very model of blogger organization — I went out and bought this official-looking black notebook in which I laid out all my posts, weeks ahead of time. That lovely system lasted . . . well, not very long. These days, with a few exceptions, pretty much [...]
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Last month on TLT’s Facebook page I shared a link to an eye-opening special report in Parents magazine about hunger in America. I’d intended to write a full post about the article here, but other news items and ideas kept pushing it off the blog calendar and I started to feel that maybe it wasn’t timely anymore. [...]
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Yeah, I know it’s ConAgra. And I know the other companies joining this campaign make some of the most highly processed food out there. And I know it’s all publicity-motivated in the end. Still, childhood hunger is real, and the money ConAgra has generated to combat the problem ($35 million to date, with $10 million [...]
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A reader recently sent me a Reuters article describing a study from Canada which demonstrates (not surprisingly) that adolescents from food insecure households perform better academically and have better behavior in school when the schools provide meal assistance. The study reminded me that way back in July (and then again in August!), I promised to explain how [...]
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I first learned of Lisa Scarpinato from my friend Paula Derrow, features editor at SELF magazine. SELF had just awarded Lisa one of its “Women Doing Good” awards for starting, along with her husband, a nonprofit organization called Kitchen on the Street to help combat childhood hunger in their home state of Arizona. Because many [...]
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So there I was, contemplating a future blog post on the weighty issue of whether or not you should do cute things with your kid’s food, like making little heart-shaped sandwiches, when a letter arrived in the mail from Action Against Hunger, a charity to which I try to regularly contribute. And that’s when it [...]
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Here in Houston, we’re one week away from the start of school. I had a great time hanging out with my kids over the break, but it was perhaps not so clever of me to launch a new blog one day before school ended in May. All summer I’ve been trying to work on The [...]
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For today’s Friday Buffet: a call to action, teaching British kids about veggies, a school lunch option that may make you lose your lunch, and The Lunch Tray eats a little crow. A Call to Action from Slow Food USA I’m passing on a reminder from Slow Food USA that – right now – the House [...]
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A few weeks ago, a news report came out about how childhood hunger spikes during the summer when school is out of session and food-insecure children can no longer depend on school meals. (Since that news story came out, the Food Resource and Action Center (FRAC) has published its full report, which you can read [...]
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A reader recently wrote a comment which I imagine reflects the views of a lot of people: I’m confused about the goals of the CNA [Child Nutrition Act, the legislation governing school breakfast and lunch, among other programs]. Why do we need to increase participation in school meal programs? When these programs were first introduced, [...]
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