school food
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Do Berkeley school gardens get an A or a C for motivating kids?
Supporters of school gardens were thrilled with a new report showing that Berkeley's gardening and cooking initiative made students more eager to eat vegetables and choose healthy food. But a closer look reveals that while fourth- and fifth-graders benefited, middle-schoolers actually regressed.
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Carrot vending machines a surprise success
As Congress continues to do nothing about school lunch reform, an Ohio and a New York school have installed all-baby-carrot vending machines. And guess what? The kids bought them.
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A new front in the chocolate-milk wars
A Washington Post columnist is worried -- along with the dairy industry -- that kids won't drink milk at all if they can't have chocolate or strawberry. What harm could a few teaspoons of sugar do? Well, a lot -- when they add up to 7 pounds of sugar per kid per year.
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Portland schools ditch nuggets, serve up local food
A subsidy of just 7 cents per lunch allowed some Portland schools to serve locally produced food. The kids loved it, and each dollar spent in Oregon created 84 cents in state economic activity.
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Save school lunch from snack-happy government standards
We need the Child Nutrition Act pending in Congress passed to save children from sugar-heavy meals that are destroying their health.
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Michelle Obama to Congress: Without school food reform, anti-obesity initiative may fail
Michelle Obama renews her call for Congress to pass the "Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act" touting an increase in funding. But it's about more than that -- the bill may finally get junk food out of schools.
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Jamie Oliver wins Emmy for 'Food Revolution'
Amazingly, given the absence of Snooki or dancing routines, Jamie Oliver won an Emmy Saturday for Outstanding Reality TV Program.
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Ask Umbra’s advice on sustainable campuses and school fundraisers
Umbra gives guidance counseling on how to green your keg-stand campus and raise greener money for a student organization.
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D.C. schools refuse to disclose food-rebate accounting
Attorneys for D.C. Public Schools have refused to release an accounting of more than $1 million in rebates received from corporate food manufacturers, claiming that details about the rebates constitute "trade secrets."