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POLL: Americans Overhwelmingly Support Healthier School Meals
As we approach the Child Nutrition Reauthorization in Congress – the every-five-year funding of child nutrition programs – lawmakers will have the opportunity to weaken some of 2010’s biggest school...
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CDC: School Meals Are Much Healthier, Thanks to New Standards
A quick post to update you on this week’s important school food developments: CDC: School Meals Are Much Healthier A just-released report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found...
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An Update on the Congressional School Food Battle – and Nine Reasons Why It...
It’s been a while since I updated you on the pending battle in Congress over school food nutritional standards. Here’s the latest: The Senate Agriculture Committee and House Education and Workforce...
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STUDY: Thanks to the HHFKA, Kids Are Selecting Healthier School Meals
Later this month, Congress is expected to take up the Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR), the every-five-year funding and reauthorization of child nutrition programs, including the National School...
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An End In Sight for the School Food Fight?
Victory for school food fruits & vegetables? For the last year or so, much of my writing on TLT (and in other outlets) – and my focus as an advocate – has been devoted to the long-running battle...
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BREAKING: House School Food Bill Is “Everything Health Advocates Feared”
Well, the other shoe has finally dropped. Back in January, it looked as though the long-running and contentious fight over school food nutrition standards might finally come to an end. In its proposed...
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My Interview with USDA Under Secretary Kevin Concannon re: the New Daycare...
USDA Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, Kevin Concannon Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its final rules regarding the meals served in the Child and...
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My Latest in Civil Eats: A Non-Profit Changing Families’ Eating Habits for...
Today in Civil Eats I report on a Texas non-profit, Brighter Bites, that’s not only bringing millions of pounds of free produce to low-income families, it’s also making lasting and measurable changes...
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New Study Supports Keeping the “Fresh” in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) is one federal program that seems to be doing everything right. Each day, the FFVP brings a wide variety of fresh produce to low-income kids for their...
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Yes, School Meal Standards Just Got Weaker – But Not As Much As You Think
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue making his announcement yesterday. Yesterday, newly appointed Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue traveled to an elementary school in Virginia to announce an “easing”...
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