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Parenting’s Mom Congress: My Best & Worst School Lunches
In the second post in the series, Parenting.com invited me to share some of the lunches that I ate last year. I think it’s perfect for this week — it’s National School Lunch Week and today was Take...
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Guess who I had coffee with last week…
I apologize for missing some blog posts some days and writing short blurbs others. I hope you don’t mind. I’ve been busy. A couple weeks ago I received an email that someone wanted to meet me. I...
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Cooking up Change (Part Two)
On Thursday November 3rd I attended Cooking up Change, which is organized by the Healthy Schools Campaign. Cooking up Change is an event where high school students involved in culinary programs are...
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America’s Lesson Plan: Pizza is a Veggie!
I’ve developed a visual that I’m going to use when I teach the new rules to my students, many of whom have special needs. I think my terrific graphic about sums up yesterday’s ruling by Congress to...
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Cooking up Change (Part three)
The last and final installment about my series on Cooking up Change. Read the first and second part to get caught up. Back to the Bridgeport Art Center where the place was filling up with hungry...
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When I revealed myself on October 5th, the day my book was published, I received a friendly email from nutrition services of Chicago public schools, reaching out to me and suggesting a meeting. I...
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My Babble.com Piece: 5 Ways Parents Can Improve School Lunch
I wrote this for Babble.com and I’d love to hear your thoughts. Please click over to read… 5 Ways Parents Can Improve School Lunch
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Volunteering with Feeding America: A Little Time Goes a Long Way
A couple weeks ago I was able to volunteer at the Greater Chicago Food Depository with Feeding America. You can sign up as a group or an individual for a three hour Wednesday night volunteering session...
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Cooking with California Food in K-12 Schools
Last year the Center for Ecoliteracy introduced an amazing school food guide entitled, Cooking with California Food in K-12 Schools. The cookbook is available for free download (how can you resist?)...
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Food Blogging Against Hunger
Today over 200 food bloggers are standing up and reminding us that hunger exists in the US, even when we don’t see it on a daily basis or experience it personally. Nicole Gulotta of The Giving Table...
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Gotta Go And Get Our Advocacy Back On #SaveSchoolLunch
Blast from the past: School lunch photo from 2010 from a reader If you have a moment, would you mind signing a petition? Some members of Congress are attempting to roll back the updated nutrition...
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I considered not voting…
- I considered not voting on Tuesday. – I considered not voting because I don’t relate with anyone running. – I considered not voting because I’m not a white male. – I considered not voting because I’m...
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Food Revolution Day is May 15
I hope you heard about this before and if not you can always check out this old post of mine about it, but Food Revolution Day is Chef Jamie Oliver’s push to get nutrition education in the classroom....
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Food Day 2015
Did you know that last weekend was Food Day 2015? I didn’t blog about it because we have been BUSY. Charlie had a broken arm and we’ve been toilet-training Daniel. Luckily the cast is off now. It was...
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