Is There a “Contraband Economy” in School Cafeterias?

Posted October 22, 2015 by Dana Woldow

Although you would never know it from the inaction in Congress, it’s time to renew child nutrition legislation, including the rules for food sold and served in schools. As recently as 2010’s Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, Congress still made
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School Lunch Foes Favor Anecdotes Over Evidence

Posted October 19, 2015 by Dana Woldow

Media stories about school lunch usually appear in August, along with the Back to School ads, but this year those articles are still a regular occurrence, even as Halloween rapidly approaches. That’s probably because, although the federal legislation covering all
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School Nutrition Association – the new Stepford ?

Posted July 28, 2015 by Dana Woldow

Has Big Food spirited off a longtime champion of healthy school meals, and replaced her with a “Stepford Wives” robot who happily parrots the agribusiness party line as President of the School Nutrition Association? My recent profile of new SNA
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Will SNA Chart a New Course?

Posted July 21, 2015 by Dana Woldow

Meet Jean Ronnei, whose position as incoming President of the School Nutrition Association (SNA) puts her in a tough spot. She must tread a fine line between the interests of America’s “lunch ladies” and the children they serve, and the
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Schools Struggle After Leaving Federal Meal Program

Posted June 15, 2015 by Dana Woldow

There was a bit of a media frenzy a couple of years ago when a small number of schools dropped out of the federal school lunch program. The schools, located in areas with few poor students, claimed that new healthy
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School Nutrition Association Caters to the 1%

Posted May 12, 2015 by Dana Woldow

Whose interests should school cafeterias prioritize – the 30 million mostly low income kids who gobble up healthy school lunches every day, or the tiny number of more affluent students who might prefer less nutritious food? That question should be
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Are School Lunches Starving Student Athletes?

Posted April 23, 2015 by Dana Woldow

Are student athletes being starved by new school lunch regulations? Recent changes to school meals mandated by the 2010 Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act (HHFKA) have brought more whole grains, fruit and vegetables to students’ lunch trays, but have also
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School Nutrition Assn Chooses Flexibility over Funding

Posted April 18, 2015 by Dana Woldow

As Congressional hearings on the Child Nutrition Reauthorization got underway on April 15th, the School Nutrition Association (SNA) showed their true colors. As predicted, SNA wasted no time in tossing their request for higher school meal funding under the bus,
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