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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.)

    Jess Zimmerman Food

  • The unmasking of a school lunch hero: Mrs. Q speaks

    Now that her book, Fed Up with Lunch, is out, the teacher who blogged her way through a year of eating school lunch finally comes clean.

    Claire Thompson Food

  • New Agtivists: FoodCorps foot soldiers

    Meet three young members of FoodCorps, a new national program which asks young leaders to improve the food systems in limited-resource communities.

    Lily Mihalik Food

  • The triumph of Jamie Oliver's 'nemesis'

    Jamie Oliver may have focused the national klieg lights on Huntington, W.Va., but it's local officials who are overhauling school food.

    Jane Black Food

  • New made-from-scratch school lunches trick kids into eating healthy

    Schools in Greeley, Colo. are forgoing the frozen pizzas and assorted horse parts in favor of meals made from scratch with fresh ingredients. That's obviously better for students, who get better nutrients and fewer additives, but children are not historically great at doing things that are good for them. How do you sell kids on freshly cooked food when they're clamoring for junk? Greeley's new chef has some tricks up his sleeve:

    Take macaroni and cheese, for example. It will still be a staple on the new menu and will still have that bright, strange yellow color that children have become accustomed to, but it will not be artificial. “No natural cheese is that color,” he said.

    Greeley’s version will be colored by turmeric, a spice associated with Indian cooking. “Adds a really interesting, subtle flavor, too,” Mr. Coates said.

    Jess Zimmerman Food

  • USDA rejects GOP demand to undo new school meal guidelines

    The USDA won't back away from proposed guidelines for healthier school food, despite demands from Republican lawmakers that the agency eliminate cost increases.

    Ed Bruske Food

  • Down with healthy school lunches, says House GOP

      You want me to eat what?Having already moved to gut USDA programs promoting agricultural conservation and renewable energy and strip the USDA of its authority to enact the first meaningful reform of the irredeemably monopolistic livestock industry, House Republicans have now turned their attention to that other great threat to American freedom: USDA nutrition guidelines. […]

    Tom Laskawy Food

  • Jamie Oliver has really pissed off Los Angeles

    The Daily Show – Jamie Oliver Tags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Hey look, Jamie Oliver can talk about improving school lunches for five whole minutes without saying something douchey about fat people! Keep it up, Jamie, because your campaign to increase the real-food content in school lunch […]

    Jess Zimmerman Food

  • Why raising the price of school lunch is a bad idea

    Scene from Dickens’ Oliver Twist. Drawing by George Cruikshank, circa 1837.At a time when many families are struggling with money — and racking up millions of dollars in debt at school cafeterias — school lunch is about to get more expensive. The hike is mandated by the recent Child Nutrition Reauthorization passed by Congress and […]

    Ed Bruske Food