To reduce waste and bring back students who have opted to pack a lunch or, in the case of high school students, go off campus for fast food, his district’s cafeterias have installed stir-fry stations with abundant vegetables so students can have meals made to order. And he’s added spice bars so kids can enliven the bland, low-salt fare. read more
Here are 10 reasons you should avoid school lunches like the plague and opt for a wholesome packed lunch instead: Disclosure: Bookieboo LLC has an affiliate relationship with Thrive Market and Amazon. read more
In the news analysis “Why Students Hate School Lunches,” Kate Murphy writes: More than 30 million children trundle through school cafeteria lines every day in the United States and thanks to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which took effect in 2012, they are no longer served greasy pizza, salty French fries and sauced up chicken wings. read more
Last month, I wrote about how schools unknowingly serve tainted food in their lunch programs due to poor communication between the government, food manufacturers, and individual schools. But according to a recent report in the newspaper USA Today, the problem may be even worse than a simple miscommunication. read more