Topic: school lunch

Summer Lunch Program Employs Food Truck, Makes Ending Hunger Way More Hip

During the academic year, millions of families depend on school breakfasts and lunches during to help their kids meet their daily nutritional requirements. But when school lets out in June, already-strapped families are often left hurting for ways to feed their children. Which is why summer lunch programs are a critical component for the health and wellbeing of low-income kids–and why it’s really awesome that one school district is using a particularly popular form of dining to reach students in need: food trucks. More »

Well-Designed Dining — Make your lunch healthy by redesigning the lunch line. (New York Times)

School Lunch Expert on “Food Revolution”: Kate Adamick, principal of Food Systems Solutions LLC and consultant to school lunch reform, comments on the realities of Jamie Oliver’s show in The Atlantic.

Mom, What’s an Apple?

Jamie Oliver, a British celebrity chef reincarnated as the patron saint of healthy school lunches, makes a strong case for not only better food, but also better food education in U.S. schools, in this shocking sneak peek of his new … More »