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Your source for both local and nation-wide school food reform news. We aim to provide up-to-date information that relates to the current school food climate and related topics. We also include updates on the s'Cool Food Initiative such as local press coverage, event alerts, and more. Check back often for updates!
- August 26, 2010
- Giving Students a Better School Lunch
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We are proud to announce that our recent Culinary Boot Camp was featured in the LA Times! Read on to hear more about how Cafeteria workers in Santa Barbara County schools go to boot camp to learn how to serve nutritious lunches on a budget. No chicken nuggets allowed.
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- By Mary MacVean
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- August 22, 2010
- Fixing a World that Fosters Fat
Why are Americans getting fatter and fatter? The simple explanation is that we eat too much junk food and spend too much time in front of screens — be they television, phone or computer — to burn off all those empty calories.
Read More- By Natasha Singer
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- August 16, 2010
- Progress against childhood obesity reported; minorities lag
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Obesity rates have started to decline for many teens but continue to increase for some ethnic and racial minorities, according to a new study.
Read More- By Ann J. Curley - CNN Medical Assignment Manager
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- August 12, 2010
- School Nutrition Association Dances to Milk Industry Tune
The School Nutrition Association, representing thousands of school food service workers across the country, has embraced a "study" promoting chocolate and other sugar-enhanced milk that was paid for by the dairy industry, conducted by a firm that specializes in devising corporate marketing schemes, and which the dairy group refuses to release for close inspection.
Read More- By Ed Bruske aka The Slow Cook
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- August 11, 2010
- Chefs help craft healthier school lunches with local food
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On his first day on the job as director of food and nutrition for Baltimore City Schools, chef Tony Geraci brought in 40,000 pounds of tree-ripened, Maryland-grown peaches for students.
Read More- By Nanci Hellmich
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- August 10, 2010
- Culinary Boot Camp in Santa Maria, round two
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Santa Maria Bonita School District hosts a second Boot Camp this year--a wild success with over 50 guests!
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- August 8, 2010
- The Scary Truth About D.C.’s School Food
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We used to be afraid of the Lunch Lady. Now we’re afraid of the lunch. Will things be different this fall?
Read More- By Ed Bruske
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- August 7, 2010
- The Trouble with Local Produce in Schools
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Still, the problem remains: how do you get fresh produce into the meals if no one in the kitchen is trained to handle it, or doesn’t have the equipment?
Read More- By Ed Bruske
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- August 6, 2010
- PBS News Hour Reports on Culinary Boot Camp
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A pair of chefs has stepped out of their kitchens and into school cafeterias to lend their services in hopes of crafting healthier menus for school lunches.
Read More- By Betty Ann Bowser
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- August 5, 2010
- Michelle Obama Urged to Take Meat "Unfit for KFC" Out of School Lunch
Michelle Obama may have won the hearts of locavores everywhere with her expansion of the White House organic garden, her campaign against obesity, and even bringing bees into the White House garden. But campaigners are asking her to do more.
Read More- By Sami Grover
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