February 17, 2011
Hey all, did you know that the School Nutrition Foundation holds Webinar Wednesdays? On Wednesday February 23 yours truly (Christina!) will be moderating! If you are interested in joining me for the SNF/Walmart Foundation sponsored webinar “Coalition Building: How to Build and Strengthen Partnerships within your School Community” I hope you will click through to…
February 15, 2011
Jill Kidd is the Director of Food Services of Pueblo City Schools in Pueblo, CO. Universal breakfast is served in all 38 of the district’s schools; 24 of those schools have in-classroom universal breakfast. In 2009 the Pueblo City School district was recognized with an award by the Colorado Legacy Foundation and the Colorado Department…
February 11, 2011
The first lady’s “Let’s Move” program just celebrated its one year anniversary. Launched in February of 2010, the program was designed in response to rising childhood obesity rates in the United States. Mrs. Obama is currently on a press tour, speaking about the progress made in the first year of the program and what’s next…
February 10, 2011
School breakfast—and school nutrition in general—have stayed in the headlines over the last few weeks. The stories run the gamut from simple press releases to heated op-eds on the pros and cons of any number of issues surrounding food in schools: nutritional value, funding, USDA guidelines, education, etc. Here are a few that caught my…
February 3, 2011
I grew up in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York, smack in-between Buffalo and Syracuse. I enjoyed my fair share of snow days and then some. To me “snow days” meant sleeping in and lunches of grilled cheese sandwiches and Campbell’s soup with my mom (a teacher) and my younger brother. My mom…
February 2, 2011
With so much going on in the world of school food and nutrition I thought I’d share some of the headlines from the past few weeks that jumped out at me. If you have a news item you would like to share, please leave it in the comments section! New Dietary Guidelines: Enjoy Food, Eat…
January 27, 2011
Recently I sat down for a chat with Willie Gentry, Director of Food and Nutrition Services for the Peoria Unified School District. After successfully developing and implementing an in-classroom breakfast program at Alta Loma Elementary School, Willie’s district will be expanding the program into two more schools: Ira A. Murphy Elementary and Sun Valley Elementary.…
January 21, 2011
As we move forward with the implementation of the Breakfast in the Classroom pilot program, staying current on all things school food related is important. To that end we have created a blog roll featuring some of our favorite go-to blogs. (You can find our list in the sidebar on the right hand side of…
January 13, 2011
Feeding kids breakfast – it’s a no brainer, right? The practical implications of feeding students for optimal performance in school moves beyond the immediate issue of giving hungry kids breakfast and affects how kids are learning and interacting for the rest of their day; kids who eat breakfast perform better academically and exhibit fewer behavioral…
