school food
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My high school throws out a stupid amount of food. What can I do?
An Alaskan teen wants to save uneaten food from school lunches for hungry students.
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Should colleges treat their students to fine dining or financial aid?
Malcolm Gladwell savaged Bowdoin for its lobster bakes. Can a college really have it all?
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9-year-old’s lunch blog shames school into making changes
Martha Payne had some sad-ass lunches at her school in Scotland -- unsatisfying food that sometimes had more hair than vegetables. So the 9-year-old decided to start a blog with photos and vital statistics about her meals.
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What’s inside a school lunch burger? 26 ingredients, and only one is meat
Caramel color makes the burger look like it's been grilled when it really hasn't.
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The littlest farmers taste their first crop [VIDEO]
The Perennial Plate crew visits a school garden in Georgia where the students plant, harvest, and taste their very first radishes.
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Greasy to gourmet: Seattle chefs help schools trade corn dogs for couscous
With the help of local chefs, the Seattle School District makes school lunches healthier by scaling up examples set in smaller towns like Berkeley.
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The bad food news of 2011
We continue digesting this year’s food politics coverage below — only this time we take account of the things that didn’t go so well. (Tired of bad news? See the year’s good food news instead.) 1. Food prices have gone up, and more people need help feeding their families The fact that 46 million people […]
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A dollar badly spent: New facts on processed food in school lunches
Photo: USDA I want to draw attention to an eye-opening investigative report on school lunch that has gotten a bit lost in the holiday shuffle. In a collaboration between The New York Times and the Investigative Fund, reporter Lucy Komisar delved into the billion-dollar business of the national school lunch program and found some unsettling news. […]
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Don't worry, Stephen Colbert, your school lunch potatoes are safe
The risk that potatoes might be restricted in school lunches sent Stephen Colbert into a twitching, shouting anxiety spiral. But all is well, Stephen -- your tater tots will remain unmolested! The Senate voted down a measure that would have limited starchy vegetables to one cup per student per week. ("Starchy vegetables" includes corn. Just saying.)
