One More Dollar Per Day Will Keep the Doctor Away

To provide the healthiest meals for our children, the entire system of how school food is purchased, prepared and brought to our children’s lunch trays needs to change.
By Ann Cooper

Hunger and Obesity: Two Sides of the Same Coin

A recent study revealed that food hardship affects nearly one in five families nationally. Hunger, food insecurity, and food hardship are gradations of the same phenomenon in which individuals who cannot afford sufficient nutritious food, fill up on energy-dense but nutrient-poor food, and often suffer from cycles of plenty/want/plenty based on the timing of their income streams. Researchers confirm that these patterns often lead to higher incidences of overweight and obesity.
By Andy Fisher

Priceless

The videos are clear: if you want a healthier America, take action. Every child deserves the opportunity to eat food in school that ensures their health and well-being and Farm to School programs are one solution to incorporating healthier foods into school meals.
By Debra Eschmeyer Nicole Betancourt Shalini Kantayya

Lunch Encounters of the Third Kind

The videos are clear: if you want a healthier America, take action. Every child deserves the opportunity to eat food in school that ensures their health and well-being and Farm to School programs are one solution to incorporating healthier foods into school meals.
By Debra Eschmeyer Nicole Betancourt Shalini Kantayya

State of the Union's School Lunch

The Child Nutrition Act is being debated in Congress right now, which means we have a rare opportunity to actually improve how food for our youngest citizens is funded, sourced, defined, and prioritized. A reformed school lunch, with improved nutrition standards, increased reimbursement rates, and access to local healthy food, has the potential to nourish more than 31 million children daily in our education system; that is, 5 days a week, 180 days a year of our collective future. Let's take this opportunity to nourish the nation, one tray at a time.
By Debra Eschmeyer