kids and food, in school and out
An entry in a baking industry newsletter happened to catch my eye this morning: For the last seven years, Lance's sandwich crackers have apparently been the "official snack" of the Little League's youth softball and baseball divisions (who knew?). … [Continue reading]
Last month, The Lunch Tray broke the news of an important new school meal study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The study was the first comprehensive evaluation of school meal programs following the implementation of the … [Continue reading]
In an effort to combat growing childhood obesity and limit children's exposure to cancer-causing nitrates, the BBC reports that the Scottish government is banning fruit juice and smoothies in school meals, while limiting the amount of red meat and … [Continue reading]
As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I'm kicking off my 10th year of blogging with a new Changemakers series, in which I'll periodically highlight people around the country who are working hard to help improve our children's food environment. My … [Continue reading]
In late May or early June, I like to celebrate The Lunch Tray's May 26th "blog-iversary" by looking through my blog archive and taking stock of the prior year. But because I was writing Kid Food for most of 2018-2019, my blogging output was quite … [Continue reading]
I'm guessing that by now you've read about a small but important new study exploring the effects of eating an ultra-processed diet. In case you missed it, though, 10 men and 10 women were recruited to live in a research facility for four weeks, … [Continue reading]
I had to take a two-week break from blogging to attend to real life, but I did watch from the sidelines the entire arc of the recent "Rhode Island jelly sandwich lunch shaming" story: from the initial social media outrage, to the many resulting news … [Continue reading]
TLT EXCLUSIVE When Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced last December that his agency was weakening three school nutrition standards, he justified the move by raising the troubling specter of overflowing cafeteria trash cans and children … [Continue reading]
As a first-time author, I never anticipated just how hard it would be to stop writing a book. Mind you, cranking out 80,000 words wasn't a purely joyous experience (see Eight Things I've Learned About Writing a Book), but almost as soon as I … [Continue reading]
Maybe it's because my daughter's now a college freshman, or maybe it's because Katie Morford's breakfast cookbook, Rise and Shine, is so well loved in my house, our copy looks like this . . . . . . . . but when I heard that Morford has a new … [Continue reading]
When Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced late last year that he was rolling back science-based nutrition standards for school meals, it was a blow to student health. But according to two lawsuits filed earlier today in federal court, his … [Continue reading]
Hey, TLT’ers – I’m sorry I haven’t been blogging as actively as I thought I would after handing in the manuscript for Kid Food. It turns out there’s a lot more to writing a book than just … writing the book! I’ve been busy these last few weeks … [Continue reading]
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture blasted out a glowing blog entry extolling the new "flexibility" in school meals. For the uninitiated, "flexibility" is press office doublespeak for the agency's recent reversal of science-based … [Continue reading]