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Supper is now on the menu at some California schools
You’ve heard about free school lunches and breakfasts, but how about school suppers? In California, dinners are now being served to students at almost 200 schools. … Read entire article »
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Final federal school lunch guidelines announced
School cafeterias should be serving healthier meals next fall because of the revamping of nutrition guidelines for the federally-subsidized school breakfast and lunch program. The new guidelines, which were announced on January 25, will go into effect in the 2012-13 school year, and came at the end of years of controversy and public input. The first such revision in 15 years, the new rules are intended to reduce fat and salt and increase fresh fruits and vegetables. Healthy food advocates generally applauded the new rules, though they were unhappy when Congress blocked their efforts to eliminate french fries and agreed to continue to allow schools to count pizza as a vegetable. One of the major improvements, according to San Francisco healthy school food advocate Dana Woldow, is the maximum limit set on calories … Read entire article »
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Report: Many students reject healthier lunches at LAUSD
A radical revision of the school lunch menu in the Los Angeles Unified School District, including getting rid of old favorites like pizza and hamburger, has prompted thousands of students to opt out of eating school lunches, and to search for other ways to find unhealthy food offerings, according to a Los Angeles Times report. As Teresa Watanabe described it in this Los Angeles Times article: Participation in the school lunch program has dropped by thousands of students. Principals report massive waste, with unopened milk cartons and uneaten entrees being thrown away. Students are ditching lunch, and some say they’re suffering from headaches, stomach pains and even anemia. At many campuses, an underground market for chips, candy, fast-food burgers and other taboo fare is thriving. The report underscores the gap between good intentions and the … Read entire article »
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Large increase in California children qualifying for school lunch programs
The number of California students participating in the federal free or reduced-price school meal program increased by 10 percent, or a little more than 300,000 students, in just three years at least in part as a fallout from the Great Recession. … Read entire article »
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While Congress backtracks, California schools move ahead with healthier meals
A week after Congress backtracked on some key components of landmark school nutrition legislation, nutrition advocates are saying that the battle for healthy school food needs to be fought district by district, along the lines of what several California districts are already doing. … Read entire article »
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Despite new federal guidelines, author says healthier school lunches are a local issue
Next year new federal guidelines to promote healthier school lunches will go into effect as mandated by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. Among other things, the legislation calls for less fat and salt in school lunches and more whole grains and locally grown fruits and vegetables. In this interview, EdSource’s Sue Frey talked with Amy Kalafa, author of the newly published Lunch Wars: How to Start A School Food Revolution and Win the Battle for … Read entire article »
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